Uruguay (ship)

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Uruguay
The Uruguay at her present berth
The Uruguay at her present berth
Ship data
flag ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
Ship type Corvette, sailing training ship
home port Porto Madero, Buenos Aires
Shipyard Laird, Birkenhead (UK)
Launch 6.3.1874
Whereabouts firmly moored museum ship
Ship dimensions and crew
length
46.40 m ( Lüa )
width 7.60 m
Draft Max. 3.00 m
displacement 513  t
 
crew 14 officers, 100 NCOs and crew
Rigging and rigging
Rigging Barque
Number of masts 3
Number of sails 10
Sail area 557 m²
Machine system
machine 2-boiler steam engine (removed around 1982)
Machine
performance
475 hp
Armament
  • 4 × 7 inch vavaseur cannons
  • 2 × 18 cm guns ( Armstrong-Whitworth )
  • 1 × 15 cm gun (Armstrong)
  • 2 × 12 cm guns (Armstrong)
  • 2 × 6.6 cm guns (Armstrong)

The Uruguay was originally a Corvette built sail training ship of the Argentine Navy . After many years of service with a variety of tasks, she is now moored as a museum ship at the Boca Bridge in the port of Buenos Aires .

history

The ship was launched as a corvette at Laird in Birkenhead (Great Britain) in 1874 . It was baptized with the name Uruguay , despite the occasional wars between Uruguay and Argentina at the time. However, the name did not refer to the neighboring country, but to the river Río Uruguay , which is also one of the largest rivers in Argentina. The hull with a total length of 46.40 m and a width of 7.60 m was made of iron, but received wooden planking. With a draft of 3.00 m, the Uruguay displaced 513.0 ts. On her three masts she carried a total of ten sails with a total area of ​​557 m². Later the rigging was changed to create a barque .

Nordenskjöld rescue

In 1901 the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskjöld set out for the Antarctic Peninsula to research the geological conditions there. A team of six spent the winter on Snow Hill Island . When the pack ice crushed the expedition's ship, the Antarctic , the crew of the expedition escaped to Paulet Island . The Uruguay was sent in 1903 by the Argentine government to bring the researchers back to the Falkland Islands , which they succeeded. This made the Uruguay a household name all over the world.

Follow-up time

Until 1930 the Uruguay served the Argentine Navy as a survey ship . After being withdrawn from active service, she was still used as a depot ship . Since 1982 the Uruguay has been moored as a museum ship at the Boca Bridge in Puerto Madero / Buenos Aires. A special exhibition in the hull commemorates the Nordenskjöld rescue in the Arctic Ocean.

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Uruguay (ship)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 34 ° 36 '15.3 "  S , 58 ° 21' 58.3"  W.