Veronese (ship)
 The stranded Veronese
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The Veronese was a combined ship of the British shipping company Lamport & Holt (P&O) that was put into service in 1906 and was used for passenger and freight traffic from Europe to South and North America . The ship ran aground on January 16, 1913 on a voyage from Liverpool via Vigo to Buenos Aires with 232 passengers . During the voyage from Vigo to Leixões , the Veronese ran onto the rocks in front of Leça da Palmeira in thick fog .
history
In 1906/07 the shipping company Lamport & Holt in Liverpool received three combined cargo and passenger ships , Velasquez , Verdi and Veronese . While the Velasquez was built at the Sir Raylton Dixon and Company shipyard in Middlesbrough , the other two ships came from the Northern Irish shipyard Workman, Clark . The trio was used in the Europe, South and North America service. The ships left Europe with cargo and emigrants for America and returned north with coffee and refrigerated cargo as the main cargo.
The Veronese left Liverpool on January 12, 1913 for a trip via Spain and Portugal to Buenos Aires . Captain Charles Turner was in command. Around 100 passengers for South America had embarked in Vigo, so that a total of 232 passengers and crew were on board when the ship was en route to Leixões as the next port. On January 16, 1913 around 5 a.m., during a heavy storm , the Veronese ran onto the rocks in front of Leça da Palmeira in thick fog. It was only possible to rescue the passengers via a rope connection with a trouser buoy to the land. Between 16 and 23 people drowned trying to swim ashore.
The wreck lies today at a depth of eight to ten meters.
Web links
- Board of Trade: Accident Report 1913 (English)
- Page about the Velasquez , a sister ship of the Veronese (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 41 ° 12 ′ 20 " N , 8 ° 44 ′ 15" W.