Uruguay (ship)
The Uruguay at her present berth
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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 After being withdrawn from active service, she was still used as a depot ship .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
- Otmar Schäuffelen, Herbert Böhm: The last great sailing ships . Bielefeld 2010. ISBN 978-3-7688-3191-8
Web links
Coordinates: 34 ° 36 '15.3 " S , 58 ° 21' 58.3" W.