At River Nervión, close to Bilbao.         She was built, together with her sister ship Fernando Poo, by Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval at Sestao. During her life she was sailing mainly to the Spanish Guinea line, although also sailed other lines, and one voyage to Brazil-Uruguay-Argentina.
        During the Civil War she was auxiliar cruiser, troops and weapons transport, and also transported Muslim pilgrims to Arabia. On 1958 she was again transporting troops and weapons to Sidi Ifni.
      Her sister ship Fernando Poo was sunk few months after her delivery. It happened on 15/October/1936 at Bata (Spanish Guinea) by the auxiliar cruiser Ciudad de Mahon.

Shipyard / Year	S.E.C.N. Sestao / 1935
Dead weight	4,213	MT
Gross register	6,914	GRT
Lenght	124.4	mtr
Breadth	16.5	mtr
Depth	8.9	mtr
Propulsion	2 x MTM - Krupp EZ 62/115
Power	5,000	H.P.
Speed	17	knots
Scrapped	San Esteban de Pravia - 1976

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