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Naviera Sota y Aznar





  Naviera Aznar was created, as Naviera Sota y Aznar, in 1906 with the merge of several single vessel shipping companies owned by the cousins Ramón de la Sota Llano y Eduardo Aznar de la Sota.

  They started with the single vessel shipping companies in 1889. The first was the Compañía del Vapor Alcedo, that on January 1889 bought to Compañía Bilbaina de Navegación the Febrero, built in 1881 as Cornucopia and purchased by Compañía Bilbaina de Navegación in 1883. This company was managed by Eduardo Aznar, that was also major shareholder, and who was the second biggest one in Compañía del Vapor Alcedo, his cousin being the first. Although she sunk few month later, on September same year, the experience was successful and following year they started creating more single vessel shipping companies.

  The next list is ordered by year of purchase of the ship. As can be observed several companies are twice in the list, because they sold their steamer and bought other. In some cases it was to improve the specifications, in others due to the loss of the ship. There were two that sold their vessel to other companies created in the group to bought them. These last ones sold later the vessels and bought others. In the case of Compañía del Vapor Cierbana the first steamer was named Ciervana and the second Cierbana.
Company Shipyard / Year DW Length Breadth Depth Machine H.P Year bought End / Sold to / Year Pass to S&A
Compañía del Vapor Alcedo Caird & Purdie / 1881 2,400 74.7 10.5 4.6 Compound 650 1889 Sunk / 1889 No
Compañía del Vapor Musques Schlesinger Davis / 1882 2,278 71.0 10.7 4.7 Triple exp 694 1890 Sunk / 1894 No
Compañía del Vapor Abanto E.Withy / 1883 2,360 84.0 10.5 5.5 Triple exp 584 1890 Sunk / 1911 - 22 dead Yes
Compañía del Vapor Cierbana Cunliffe and Dunlop / 1881 1,400 73.5 9.9 4.6 Triple exp 623 1890 Cía. Sevillana de Navegación a Vapor / 1894 No
Compañía del Vapor Sestao William Gray / 1890 2,200 74.7 10.8 4.6 Triple exp 987 1890 - New Sunk / 1904 No
Compañía del Vapor Santurce Kish, Boolds & Co. / 1884 2,061 76.2 11.1 4.0 Compound 723 1891 A.& A.Y.Mackay - Norberto / 1906 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Somorrostro E.Finch & Co. / 1884 2,805 76.3 11.1 6.2 Triple exp 933 1891 Cía. de Carbones Asturianos - Samuño / 1912 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Poveña U.S.K. Steamships / 1884 701 44.2 7.6 3.4 Compound 166 1892 Compañía del Vapor Gorliz / 1897 No
Compañía del Vapor Algorta Tyne Iron SB Co. / 1886 727 51.6 8.3 3.9 Triple exp 386 1892 Compañía del Vapor Getso / 1898 No
Compañía del Vapor Baracaldo William Gray & Co. / 1893 1,690 70.1 9.8 4.4 Triple exp 786 1893 Antonio de Bereincua / 1915 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Musques William Doxford / 1888 2,942 76.2 11.0 5.2 Triple exp 876 1894 Ybarra y Cía. - Cabo Higuer / 1906 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Albia Mitchell & Co. / 1870 2,199 70.1 9.8 4.7 Compound 690 1894 Sunk / 1895 No
Compañía del Vapor Cierbana Raylton Dixon / 1894 1,987 68.9 9.9 4.6 Triple exp 625 1894 - New Frederik Sorlesen - Solhaug / 1915 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Albia Tyne Iron SB Co. / 1890 3,805 91.4 12.0 5.9 Triple exp 1,397 1895 Sunk / 1915 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Begoña Raylton Dixon and Co. / 1896 3,154 93.0 12.9 6.1 Triple exp 1,497 1896 - New Sunk / 1917 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Portugalete R.Craggs and Sons 4,496 86.3 12.6 5.0 Triple exp 911 1896 - New Sunk / 1912 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Poveña William Gray / 1894 3,286 82.8 11.6 5.6 Triple exp 1,340 1897 Noorland Shipping - Bovra / 1915 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Deusto Raylton Dixon / 1897 2,537 76.0 11.3 5.2 Triple exp 875 1897 - New Ybarra y Cía. - Cabo Santa Pola / 1901 No
Compañía del Vapor Erandio Ropner and Son / 1897 4,752 97.5 14.0 6.5 Triple exp 1,215 1897 - New Axpe-Mendi / 1918 - Torpedoed / 1918 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Plencia Raylton Dixon and Co. / 1898 3,657 91.1 12.8 6.2 Triple exp 1,120 1898 - New Andraka-Mendi / 1917 - Monte Contes / 1939 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Arminza Raylton Dixon and Co. / 1898 3,683 88.2 12.8 5.4 Triple exp 1,149 1898 - New Sunk / 1908 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Bakio Blyth SB & DD Co. / 1892 2,880 88.2 11.9 5.8 Triple exp 1,107 1898 Sunk / 1902 No
Compañía del Vapor Bakio Campbeltown / 1904 3,425 86.1 12.2 6.2 Triple exp 1,092 1904 - New Uruguayan flag - Sunk / 1916 - 25 dead Yes
Compañía del Vapor Gorliz U.S.K. Steamships / 1884 701 44.2 7.6 3.4 Compound 166 1897 Cía. Vasco Cantábrica de Nav. - Axpe / 1899 No
Compañía del Vapor Getso Tyne Iron SB Co. / 1886 727 51.6 8.3 3.9 Compound 386 1898 Leoni Rovigo - Antonino / 1903 No
Compañía del Vapor Bermeo C.S.Swan and Hunter / 1898 4,550 88.5 12.2 5.5 Triple exp 1,239 1898 - New Arno-Mendi / 1917 - Torpedoed / 1918 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Mundaka William Gray / 1899 3,660 95.2 12.5 5.5 Triple exp 1,109 1899 - New Arinda-Mendi / 1917 - Sunk / 1917 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Elantsobe William Gray / 1899 3,660 95.2 12.5 5.5 Triple exp 1,112 1899 - New Atxeri-Mendi / 1917 - Torpedoed / 1918 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Ea James Readhead / 1893 4,010 91.0 12.2 6.2 Triple exp 1,288 1899 Sunk / 1902 No
Compañía del Vapor Lekeitio Willian Gray / 1896 3,763 91.4 13.1 6.3 Triple exp 1,375 1899 Aizkori-Mendi/ 1918 - Scrapped / 1933 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Gorbea-Mendi Willian Gray / 1896 4,200 95.7 13.4 5.6 Triple exp 1,100 1899 J. Stern - Pomone / 1915 - Torpedoed / 1917 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Gorliz James Readhead / 1891 2,765 79.1 11.0 5.4 Compound 853 1900 Astondo-Mendi / 1917 - Scrapped / 1929 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Algorta William Gray / 1898 3,191 83.8 12.7 5.4 Triple exp 1,256 1903 Sunk by submarine / 1917 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Getso Euskalduna / 1905 1,800 71.4 11.2 5.3 Triple exp 450 1905 - New Arza-Mendi / 1917 - Mina Cantiquin / 1952 Yes
Compañía del Vapor Sestao Euskalduna / 1906 3,176 77.4 11.0 5.4 Triple exp 842 1906 - New Arnabal-Mendi / 1918 - Sunk / 1928 Yes



Ciervana
Ciervana - Collection M. Rodríguez Aguilar

Shipyard / Year Cunliffe & Dunlop / 1881
Name Nithsdale
Dead weight 1,400 MT
Gross register 1,264 MT
Length 73.5 mtr
Breadth 9.9 mtr
Depth 4.6 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating compound
Power 623 H.P.
Bought 1890 to
Owner R. Mackill & Company
Name Nithsdale
Sold 1894 to
Owner Cía. Sevillana de Nav. a Vapor
Name Ciervana
Owner / Year Hijos de Jose Tayá S. en C. / 1920
Name Ciervana
Owner / Year Marítima Asturiana S.A. / 1928
Name Ciervana
Sunk 23/01/1930




Abanto
Abanto - Collection F. García Echegoyen

Shipyard / Year Withy - Middleton / 1883
Name Sara
Dead weight 2,360 MT
Gross register 1,665 MT
Length 78.5 mtr
Breadth 10.5 mtr
Depth 5.5 mtr
Propulsion Alternativa compound
Power 584 H.P.
Bought 1889 to
Owner Guthrie, Murdoch & Company
Name Sara
Sunk 01/02/1911 - Close to Sagunto

Abanto - Collection F. García Echegoyen

Abanto - Colección de P. Blanco Álvarez



Sestao
Sestao - Vida Marítima - Biblioteca Nacional de España
She sank on 18/06/1904 close to Longships - Cornwall (United Kingdom), during a trip from Saltacaballo (where is in the photo) to Newport due to collision with the Circe.
Shipyard / Year William Gray / 1890
Dead weight 2,200 MT
Gross register 1,447 GRT
Length 74.7 mtr
Breadth 10.8 mtr
Depth 4.6 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 987 H.P
Wrecked 18/05/1904 - Close to Longships

Sestao - Collection J. Peña
La Atalaya - 21/May/1904
Sestao - Collection J. Peña
El Noticiero Bilbaino - 20/May/1904
Sestao - Collection J. Peña
El Noticiero Bilbaino - 21/May/1904



Musques
Cabo Higuer - Collection T. Diedrich

        In this photo the vessel is passing by close to the Puertochico dock, at Santander, listed to starboard. Observing the photo carefully can be seen that the boom has been removed. Behind can be seen a Trasatlántica vessel, which I believe is the first Alfonso XIII or the Reina Maria Cristina.
Shipyard / Year W. Doxford & Sons / 1888
Name Callisto
Dead weight 2,942 MT
Gross register 1,709 GRT
Length 76.2 mtr
Breadth 11.0 mtr
Depth 5.2 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 876 H.P.
Bought 1894 to
Owner Hudig & Veder
Name Callisto
Sold 1906 to
Owner Ybarra y Compañía
Name Cabo Higuer
Converted Barge - 1928
Scrapped 1934



Cierbana
Cierbana - Collection L. Santa Olaya
        She was built in 1894 for the Compañía del Vapor Cierbana. In 1906 the company was integrated in Sota y Aznar. On 20/January/1915 she was sunk by the British steamer Bangor whilst at anchor in Wales. She was refloated, repaired and sold on April to a Norwegian shipping company and renamedSolhaug.
Shipyard / Year Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. / 1894
Dead weight 1,987 MT
Gross register 1,253 GRT
Length 68.9 mtr
Breadth 10.4 mtr
Depth 4.6 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 625 H.P.
Sold 1920 to
Owner Frederik Sorselen & Co.
Name Solhaug
Sunk 10/06/1917 - UC-48 - Close to Cabo Peñas

Cierbana - Collection L. Santa Olaya
El Noroeste - 11/June/1917
        On these press clips is related the sinking by a German submarine on 10/June/1917 close to Cabo Peñas. The vessel name was written wrong, as well as the Spanish old name, wrote as Ciervana instead Cierbana.
Cierbana - Collection L. Santa Olaya



Albia
Albia - Vida Marítima - Biblioteca Nacional de España
She sunk close to Sunderland, during a trip with iron ore from Sagunto for Jarrow.
Shipyard / Year Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co. / 1890
Name Monmouth
Dead weight 3,805 MT
Gross register 2,506 GRT
Length 91.4 mtr
Breadth 12.0 mtr
Depth 5.9 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,397 H.P
Bought 1895 to
Owner Great Western Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
Name Monmouth
Wrecked 05/12/1915 - Close to Sunderland



Deusto
Cabo Santa Pola - Collection F. García Echegoyen
As Cabo Santa Pola
Shipyard / Year Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. / 1897
Dead weight 2,537 MT
Gross register 1,626 GRT
Length 76.0 mtr
Breadth 11.3 mtr
Depth 5.2 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 875 H.P.
Sold 1901 to
Owner Naviera Sota y Aznar
Name Deusto
Scrapped 1933



Plencia
Andraka-Mendi
Monte Contes
Monte Contes by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. / 1898
Owner Compañía del Vapor Plencia
Name Plencia
Owner / Year Naviera Sota y Aznar / 1906
Name Plencia
Name 1917 Andraka-Mendi
Dead weight 3,657 MT
Gross register 2,437 GRT
Net register 1,644 NRT
Length 91.1 mtr
Breadth 12.8 mtr
Depth 6.2 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,120 H.P.
Sold 1955 to
Owner Naviera Astur Andaluza
Name Benito
Scrapped San Esteban de Pravia - 1979



Lekeitio
Aizkori-Mendi
Lekeitio - Museo Marítimo de Bilbao

Shipyard / Year William Gray / 1896
Name Bertholey
Dead weight 3,763 MT
Gross register 2,278 GRT
Length 91.4 mtr
Breadth 13.1 mtr
Depth 6.3 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,375 H.P.
Bought 1899 to
Owner Bertholey Steamship Co. Ltd.
Name Bertholey
Name 1918 Aizkori-Mendi
Scrapped Bilbao - 1933



Ama Begoñakoa
Ama Begoñakoa

Shipyard / Year Mac Millan - Dumbarton / 1902
Owner Compañía de la Fragata Ama Begoñakoa
Name Ama Begoñakoa
Owner / Year Naviera Sota y Aznar / 1906
Name Ama Begoñakoa
Dead weight 4,000 MT
Gross register 2,516 GRT
Net register 1,644 TRN
Length 91.4 mtr
Breadth 13.2 mtr
Depth 7.6 mtr
Propulsion Barco de vela - Fragata
Sold 1910 to
Owner Devitt & Moore's Ocean Training Ships
Name Medway
Converted 1919 to tanker
Name / Year Myr Shell / 1920
Scrapped Japan - 1933

Ama Begoñakoa - Vida Marítima
Vida Marítima - 10/November/1903
Ama Begoñakoa - Vida Marítima

Ama Begoñakoa - Vida Marítima
At River Clyde mouth



Getso
Arza-Mendi
Getso
Yet owned by Compañía del Vapor Getso

Shipyard / Year Euskalduna / 1905
Owner Compañía del Vapor Getso
Name Getso
Owner / Year Naviera Sota y Aznar / 1906
Name Getso
Name 1917 Arza-Mendi
Dead weight 1,800 MT
Gross register 1,235 GRT
Length 71.4 mtr
Breadth 11.2 mtr
Depth 5.3 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 450 H.P.
Speed 8 knots
Sold 1918 to
Owner Compañía Naviera Ybai
Name Ybai-Patxo
Owner / Year Compañía Naviera Iturri / 1919
Name Iturri-Patxo
Owner / Year Compañía Naviera Iturri / 1919
Name Iturri-Patxo
Owner / Year Mariano del Rio y Compañía / 1927
Name Rola
Owner / Year Naviera del Nalón / 1952
Name Mina Cantiquin
Scrapped Gijón - 1972

Mina Cantiquin by T. Diedrich
As Mina Cantiquin



Sestao
Arnabal-Mendi
Sestao - Collection C. Kleiss
At Burdeaux, passing the lock.
She was built in 1906 by Euskaduna for the shipping company of hers name, being the second in it.
Shipyard / Year Euskalduna / 1906
Dead weight 3,176 MT
Gross register 1,375 GRT
Length 77.4 mtr
Breadth 11.0 mtr
Depth 5.4 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 842 H.P.
Sunk 26/11/1928 - Trip Bilbao-Pasajes

Sestao
Yet owned by Compañía del Vapor Sestao, short time before the Sota y Aznar creation.
Arnabal-Mendi - Collection C. Kleiss
        In 1918 she was renamed Arnabal-Mendi. She was lost on 26/November/1928 after grounding close to San Juan de Luz. She left Bilbao on 24/November bound for Pasajes but due to the bad weather three blades of the propeller were broken and she drifted to the coast. All crewmembers survived because they were rescued by fishing vessels from Pasajes.


Urko-Mendi
Urko-Mendi - Collection P. Piccardo
At Savona
Shipyard / Year Craig, Taylor and Company / 1902
Name Harbart
Dead weight 6,184 MT
Gross register 3,310 GRT
Length 100.8 mtr
Breadth 13.8 mtr
Depth 5.4 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,411 H.P.
Speed 10 knots
Bought 1910 toa
Owner Harland & Bartlett Steamships Co. Ltd.
Name Harbart
Scrapped Erandio (Vizcaya) - 1933



Jata-Mendi
Jata-Mendi - Collection L. Santa Olaya
At Pasajes entrance, where was scuttled for blocking the port.
Shipyard / Year Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. / 1905
Name Netherton
Dead weight 7,135 MT
Gross register 4,226 GRT
Length 109.8 mtr
Breadth 14.6 mtr
Depth 6.2 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 2,271 H.P.
Speed 10 knots
Bought 1910 to
Owner Netherton Shipping Co. Ltd.
Name Netherton
Grounded 12/09/1936 - Pasajes entrance
Scrapped 1937- In situ

Jata-Mendi - Collection L. Santa Olaya



Eretza-Mendi
Monte Jata
Socogui by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year William Gray - Hartlepool / 1909
Dead weight 6,750 MT
Gross register 4,126 GRT
Length 111.3 mtr
Breadth 15.3 mtr
Depth 7.7 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,550 H.P.
Speed 10 knots
Sold 1953 to
Owner MARCOSA
Name Corisco
Owner / Year Naviera Forestal Africana - 1959
Name Socogui
Owner / Year Cía. Marítima Torrelaveguense / 1972
Name Socogui
Scrapped Castellón - 1973



Bizkargi-Mendi
Monte Facho
Bizkargi-Mendi - Collection C. Kleiss

        In 1939 was renamed as Monte Facho. She was sunk close to the Portuguese coast after a collision with a British vessel. All the crew was saved by the British vessel, that with big damages managed to arrive to Lisbon.
Shipyard / Year Euskalduna / 1910
Name Bizkargi-Mendi
Name 1939 Monte Facho
Dead weight 4,703 MT
Gross register 3,234 GRT
Length 101.2 mtr
Breadth 14.2 mtr
Depth 6.5 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,030 H.P.
Speed 9 knots
Sunk 04/10/1952 - 50 mn off Figueira da Foz

Monte Facho - Collection L. Santa Olaya

Monte Facho - Collection L. Santa Olaya
El Comercio - 05/October/1952
Monte Facho - Collection L. Santa Olaya
Voluntad - 05/October/1952



Upo-Mendi
Monte Jarindo
Upo-Mendi - Collection C. Kleiss

Shipyard / Year Euskalduna / 1912
Name Upo-Mendi
Name 1939 Monte Jarindo
Dead weight 6,605 MT
Gross register 3,838 GRT
Length 111.3 mtr
Breadth 15.3 mtr
Depth 7.7 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,250 H.P.
Speed 9 knots
Sold 1951 to
Owner Sociedad Metalúrgica Duro Felguera
Name Felguera
Scrapped Gijón - 1962

Upo-Mendi - Collection P. Blanco Álvarez
She was the only turret vessel built in Spain. On this photo she was yet as Upo-Mendi, and can be seen with her original look with open bridge.
Upo-Mendi - Collection C. Kleiss
This photo shows her at Delfzijl (Netherlands), carrying out cargo operations with barges.
Upo-Mendi - Collection C. Kleiss

Felguera by T. Diedrich
In 1939 was renamed as Monte Jarindo
Felguera by T. Diedrich
In 1951 she was sold to Duro Felguera and was renamed as Felguera. She was scrapped in 1962.



Unbe-Mendi
Monte Javalon
Utamboni por T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year Euskalduna / 1914
Name Unbe-Mendi
Name 1939 Monte Javalon
Dead weight 6,990 MT
Gross register 4,313 GRT
Length 114.6 mtr
Breadth 15.3 mtr
Depth 8.5 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,450 H.P.
Speed 9 knots
Sold 1953 to
Owner Altos Hornos de Vizcaya
Name Fernando L. de Ybarra
Owner / Year Naviera Forestal de Guinea / 1959
Name Utamboni
Scrapped Santander - 1974



Gorbea-Mendi
Monte Moncayo
Gorbea-Mendi - Collection P. Blanco Álvarez

Shipyard / Year Euskalduna / 1913
Name Gorbea-Mendi
Name 1939 Monte Moncayo
Dead weight 7,003 MT
Gross register 4,291 GRT
Length 111.2 mtr
Breadth 15.3 mtr
Depth 7.7 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,875 H.P
Sunk 28/09/40 - Mine 8 miles off Cagliari



Arate-Mendi
Monte Faro
Monte Faro by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year Euskalduna / 1915
Owner Compañía Marítima del Nervión
Name Mar del Norte
Owner / Year Trasmediterránea / 1928
Name Rio Navia
Dead weight 4,193 MT
Gross register 2,917 GRT
Passengers 12
Length 97.2 mtr
Breadth 13.5 mtr
Depth 7.5 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,200 H.P.
Bought 1935 to
Owner Trasmediterránea
Name Rio Navia
Name 1936 Ellen
Name 1938 Arate-Mendi
Name 1939 Monte Faro
Scrapped 1965

Arate-Mendi - Collection L. Santa Olaya
Avance - 30/April/1937



Igotz-Mendi
Monte Mulhacen
Igotz-Mendi

Shipyard / Year Euskalduna / 1916
Name Igotz-Mendi
Name 1939 Monte Mulhacen
Dead weight 7,438 MT
Gross register 4,648 GRT
Length 121.2 mtr
Breadth 15.3 mtr
Depth 8.6 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,610 H.P.
Speed 9 knots
Sold 1951 to
Owner Altos Hornos de Vizcaya
Name Jose Vilallonga
Scrapped Erandio - 1969

Igotz-Mendi

Igotz-Mendi - Collection J. Peña
La Atalaya - 14/March/1918
Igotz-Mendi - Collection J. Peña
La Atalaya - 31/March/1918
Igotz-Mendi - Collection J. Peña
La Atalaya - 22/June/1918
Igotz-Mendi - Collection J. Peña
La Atalaya - 25/June/1918
Igotz-Mendi - Collection J. Peña
La Atalaya - 24/December/1918



Artagan-Mendi
Monte Nuria
Artagan-Mendi - Collection L. Santa Olaya
Below with open bridge, and above with it already closed.
Artagan-Mendi - Collection P. Blanco

Shipyard / Year Euskalduna / 1917
Name Artagan-Mendi
Name 1939 Monte Nuria
Dead weight 8,590 MT
Gross register 5,718 GRT
Length 126.8 mtr
Breadth 16.3 mtr
Depth 9.5 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 2,000 H.P.
Scrapped Bilbao - 1965

Artagan-Mendi - La Industria naval vizcaína

Monte Nuria by T. Diedrich
Berthing at Santander
Monte Nuria by T. Diedrich

Monte Nuria by F. Estrañi

Artagan-Mendi - Colección de J. Peña
ALERTA - 20/March/1952

On 29/Novemebr/1919 there was an accident whilst berthing, with two people dead.
Artagan-Mendi - Colección de J. Peña
La Atalaya - 30/November/1919
Artagan-Mendi - Colección de J. Peña
El Cantábrico - 30/November/1919
Artagan-Mendi - Colección de J. Peña
El Pueblo Cántabro - 30/November/1919



Arno-Mendi
Monte Naranco
Monte Naranco by T. Diedrich

Monte Naranco by T. Diedrich

Monte Naranco by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year Euskalduna / 1920
Name Arno-Mendi
Name 1939 Monte Naranco
Dead weight 8,650 MT
Gross register 5,754 GRT
Length 126.9 mtr
Breadth 16.3 mtr
Depth 9.5 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,800 H.P.
Speed 10 knots
Scrapped Bilbao - 1964

Monte Naranco - Collection F. Antón


Aritz-Mendi
Monte Navajo
Monte Navajo by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year Euskalduna / 1920
Name Aritz-Mendi
Name 1939 Monte Navajo
Dead weight 8,650 MT
Gross register 5,754 GRT
Length 126.9 mtr
Breadth 16.3 mtr
Depth 9.5 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,800 H.P.
Speed 10 knots
Scrapped Santander - 1964

Monte Navajo - Collection F. Antón

Monte Navajo por F. Estrañi
07/June/1964 - At Santander, berthed to nowadays Margen Norte, being scrapped.



Arnotegui-Mendi
Monte Castelo
Monte Castelo by T. Diedrich

Monte Castelo by T. Diedrich
At Santander, during cargo operations.
Shipyard / Year Euskalduna / 1921
Name Arnotegi-Mendi
Name 1939 Monte Castelo
Dead weight 5,619 MT
Gross register 3,222 GRT
Length 107,2 mtr
Breadth 14.2 mtr
Depth 9.8 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,300 H.P.
Speed 10 knots
Scrapped Santander - 1964

Monte Castelo - Collection F. García Echegoyen

Monte Castelo - Collection F. Antón



Artiba-Mendi
Monte Espadan
Monte Espadan by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year Euskalduna / 1921
Name Artiba-Mendi
Name 1939 Monte Espadan
Dead weight 3,677 MT
Gross register 2,543 MT
Length 94.7 mtr
Breadth 13.5 mtr
Depth 6.9 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,000 H.P.
Speed 9 knots
Scrapped Santander - 1966

Monte Espadan - Supplied by J.L. Herrería
At Santoña (Cantabria)

Artiba-Mendi - Collection C. Kleiss
Yet as Artiba-Mendi, berthed at Bilbao to the opposite side of El Arenal. On the background is the City Hall. On the right side of the photo is the Agadir, owned by Echevarrieta y Larrinaga.
Artiba-Mendi - Collection C. Kleiss

        When started the Civil War she was under republican control, trading between the United Kingdom and Spain until seized by the codfish fishing ship Galerna on 6/March/1937. She was returned back to Naviera Aznar in 1939, being renamed as Monte Espadan<. She was scrapped in 1966.
Monte Espadan - Collection C. Kleiss
At Bilbao. Although it is not possible to be sure they seem the Monte Espadan (left) and the Cabo Silleiro (right).
Monte Espadan - Collection C. Kleiss
Berthed at Villagarcía de Arosa, on the photo center to the right. By her aft was one of the "Valerianos" and by her bow the Rio Mero. The ship at anchor was the Tiran or the Meira.



Abodi-Mendi
Monte Serantes
Monte Serantes by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year Furness - Haverton Hill/ 1921
Name Abodi-Mendi
Name 1939 Monte Serantes
Dead weight 9,270 MT
Gross register 5,914 GRT
Length 125.9 mtr
Breadth 16.2 mtr
Depth 10.0 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,850 H.P.
Speed 10 knots
Scrapped Bilbao - 1963

Monte Serantes - Collection F. Antón

Abodi-Mendi
        Here is as Abodi-Mendi during the Spanish Civil War. She is the first ship, fully loaded.
        The third ship is the Cantabria, that was the name given to the Alfonso Perez. She steamed several voyages under the Republican Govern control, until sunk by the nacionalist auxiliary cruise Nadir, name given as camouflage to the Ciudad de Valencia.


Altobizkar-Mendi
Monte Saja
Monte Saja

Shipyard / Year Furness - Haverton Hill/ 1921
Name Altobizkar-Mendi
Name 1939 Monte Saja
Dead weight 9,270 MT
Gross register 5,989 GRT
Length 125.9 mtr
Breadth 16.2 mtr
Depth 10.0 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,850 H.P.
Speed 10 knots
Scrapped Bilbao - 1960

Altobizkar-Mendi - Collection P. Blanco Álvarez



Arola-Mendi
Monte Sollube
Monte Sollube by F. Estrañi

Monte Sollube by F. Estrañi

Shipyard / Year Furness / 1921
Name Arola-Mendi
Name 1939 Monte Sollube
Dead weight 9,270 MT
Gross register 5,914 GRT
Length 125.9 mtr
Breadth 16.2 mtr
Depth 10.0 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,850 H.P.
Speed 10 knots
Scrapped Santurce - 1959

Monte Sollube - Collection F. Antón



Artxanda-Mendi
Monte Galera
Monte Galera - Collection F. Antón
        She was built in 1921 by Euskalduna as Artxanda-Mendi. At the starting of the Civil War she was in Italy, and was flagged there and integrated in the Cooperativa de Navigazione Garibaldi, being renamed Siena. In 1939 she was returned back to Naviera Aznar, that sold her in 1961 to Naviera Santa Catalina, being renamed Cimadevilla. She was scrapped at Bilbao in 1968.
Shipyard / Year Euskalduna / 1921
Name Artxanda-Mendi
Name 1939 Monte Galera
Dead weight 4,959 MT
Gross register 3,229 MT
Length 106.5 mtr
Breadth 14.2 mtr
Depth 7.4 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 1,500 H.P.
Sold 1961 to
Owner Naviera Santa Catalina
Name Cimadevilla
Scrapped 1968

Monte Galera - Collection  C. Kleiss
Arriving to Amsterdam
Artxanda-Mendi - Collection P. Piccardo



Altube-Mendi
Altube-Mendi - Collection P. Blanco Álvarez

Shipyard / Year Flensburger / 1914
Owner Deutsche Dampfs Geschaff Kosmos
Name Amasis
Owner / Year British Government / 1921
Name Amasis
Dead weight 11,500 MT
Gross register 7,224 GRT
Length 143.4 mtr
Breadth 18.5 mtr
Depth 11.1 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 4,620 H.P.
Speed 13 knots
Bought 1921 to
Owner British Government
Name Amasis
Sold 1924 to
Owner Deutsche Dampfs Geschaff Kosmos
Name Uarda
Scrapped Savona (Italy) - 1934



Ariaga-Mendi
Monte Oiz
Monte Oiz - Collection F. Antón

Shipyard / Year William Dobson & Company / 1921
Name Delfshaven
Dead weight 9,180 MT
Gross register 5,514 GRT
Length 121.9 mtr
Breadth 16.2 mtr
Depth 9.3 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 2,300 H.P.
Bought 1922 to
Owner William Dobson & Company
Name Delfshaven
Name 1939 Monte Oiz
Sold 1957 to
Owner Naviera Madrileña
Name Henares
Scrapped Valencia - 1961

Ariaga-Mendi - Museo Marítimo Ría de Bilbao
In this picture she is as Ariaga-Mendi, with the Sota y Aznar funnel



Agire-Mendi
Monte Orduña
Monte Orduña - Collection F. Antón
        She was ordered by a Dutch owner who cancelled the delivery. The shipyard sold her to Sota y Aznar, leaving the yard already as Agire-Mendi.
        On the Civil War she was under republican control until being seized on 11/April/1937 by the auxiliary cruiser Ciudad de Palma during a trip from Havana to Rotterdam. Since then she was managed by the Gerencia de Buques Mercantes Incautados until returned back to her owners. She was scrapped in 1959.
Shipyard / Year Dobson / 1921
Name Schiehaven
Dead weight 9,180 MT
Gross register 5,529 GRT
Length 121.9 mtr
Breadth 16.2 mtr
Depth 9.3 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 2,300 H.P.
Speed 11 knots
Bought 1922 to
Owner William Dobson & Company
Name Schiehaven
Name 1939 Monte Orduña
Scrapped Bilbao - 1959

Agire-Mendi - Museo Marítimo Ría de Bilbao
In this picture she is as Agire-Mendi, with the Sota y Aznar funnel
Agire-Mendi - Collection C. Kleiss
Passing a lock at Antwerp



Arantzazu-Mendi
Arantzazu-Mendi - Collection J.C. Gonzalez
In this photo the vessel is in the Bazán drydock, at Ferrol, on 01/September/1926
Shipyard / Year J.L. Thompson & Sons / 1920
Dead weight 10,573 MT
Gross register 6,635 GRT
Length 125.7 mtr
Breadth 16.9 mtr
Depth 10.5 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 2,340 H.P.
Sunk 09/05/1939 - Close to Kearney (Ireland)




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