Naviera Sota y Aznar







Artea-Mendi Monte Gurugu         She was built in 1921 as Artea-Mendi and renamed Monte Gurugu in 1939. On 13/November/1953 she sunk due water ingress at Bristol Channel during an storm. When abandoning the ship one of the three lifeboats hit the side and sunk, other hit the nearby rocks surviving only one of the persons in it and the third managed to keep afloat until the arrival of the local lifeboats. There were 12 people dead and 25 supervivors.

Shipyard / Year	C. Hill and Sons / 1921
Dead weight	5,700	MT
Gross register	3,551	GRT
Lenght	99.1	mtr
Breadth	14.6	mtr
Depth	7.7	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,480	H.P.
Sunk	1953

At Gijón. On the right lower side was the Monte Coroña and on the upper center the Vizcaya. The rest are not identified.


Arinda-Mendi Monte Igueldo         She was bult in 1921 asArinda-Mendi, changing her name to Monte Igueldo in 1939. On the photo can be seen the open bridge, so it would be shot in her first years. On 24/February/1943 she was torpedoed close to the Brasil coast by the Italian subamarine Barbarigo, during a trip from Rosario to Las Palmas with maize and wheat, with one dead. The survivors arrived to the coast in two lifeboats.

Shipyard / Year	Ropner - Stockton / 1921
Dead weight	6,035	TM
Gross register	3,453	TRB
Lenght	103.7	mtr
Manga	14.8	mtr
Depth	6.8	mtr
Propulsión	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,317	H.P.
Shunk	04º46'S-31º55' W - Submarine Barbarigo

Alu-Mendi Monte Inchorta Built in 1921 by R. Ropner, in Stockton on Tees as Alu-Mendi for Naviera Sota y Aznar was 3,350 GRT. In 1939 when the company changed its name to Naviera Aznar her name was changed to Monte Inchorta.

Shipyard / Year	R. Ropner / 1921
Dead weight	6,120	MT
Lenght	103.7	mtr
Breadth	14.6	mtr
Depth	6.8	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,317	H.P.
Scrapped	1959

Artza-Mendi

Shipyard / Year	Euskalduna - Bilbao / 1921
Dead weight	6,424	MT
Gross register	4,598	GRT
Length	114.0	mtr
Breadth	15.3	mtr
Depth	8.9	mtr
Maximum draft	6.9	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating 3C/650-1050x1732x1200
Power	2,110	C.V.
Speed	10	knots
Sold	1927	to
Owner	CAMPSA
Name	Zorroza
Scrapped	Valencia - 1965

Ardantza-Mendi Monte Monjuich

Shipyard / Year	Scheeps de Klop / 1921
Dead weight	7,165	MT
Gross register	4,904	GRT
Lenght	112.0	meters
Breadth	15.3	meters
Depth	9.2	meters
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,480	H.P.
Bought	1922	to
Owner	Ebalsen & Dresselhuys
Name	Maraglo
Sold	1957	to
Owner	Naviera Astur
Name	Bahia de Palma
Sold	1968	to
Owner	Compañía Marítima del Cadagua
Name	Ondategui
Scrapped	San Esteban de Pravia - 1975

At Searsport - Maine - United States


Araitz-Mendi Monte Coroña At Málaga, when she was yet Araitz-Mendi. She was sold in1964 to Compañía Vasco Cantábrica de Navegación and renamed Coroña. She was scrapped at Santander in 1971.

Shipyard / Year	Euskalduna / 1922
Dead weight	4,202	MT
Gross register	2,572	GRT
Lenght	95.0	mtr
Breadth	13.4	mtr
Depth	6.9	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,134	H.P.
Sold	1964	to
Owner	Cía. Vasco Cantábrica de Navegación
Owner	Coroña
Scrapped	Santander - 1971

Aizkarai-Mendi Monte Iciar

Shipyard / Year	Ropner Shipbuilding / 1922
Dead weight	6,120	MT
Lenght	107.3	mtr
Breadth	17.8	mtr
Depth	7.6	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,320	H.P.
Scrapped	1963

Yet as Aizkarai-Mendi, with open bridge.


Altuna-Mendi Aizkori-Mendi Monte Teide

Shipyard / Year	John Readhead & Sons / 1922
Dead weight	9,870	MT
Lenght	129.3	mtr
Breadth	16.3	mtr
Depth	11.1	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	2,015	H.P.
Speed	9	knots
Scrapped	1966

During the Second War World, as was usual, she had painted on her hull Spanish flags and her name, trying to avoid being attacked, specially by submarines. Nice view of the poop. Can be observed the emergency wheel for steering.


Arantza-Mendi Monte Gorbea

Shipyard / Year	Euskalduna - Bilbao / 1923
Dead weight	6,750	MT
Gross register	3,620	MT
Lenght	105.2	mtr
Breadth	14.8	mtr
Depth	6.9	mtr
Propulsion	Diesel engine Burmeister & Wain
Power	1,900	H.P.
Torpedoed	19/09/1942 by U-521 - 42 dead

Anboto-Mendi         She was sold to a Dutch shipping company the same year of her delivery and renamed Kieldrecht. in1932 she was bought by a German one and renamed Bockenheim, name that she had on the photo. She was sunk in1940 by mistake at Narvik by German destroyers gunfire.

Shipyard / Year	John Readhead & Sons / 1924
Dead weight	6,274	MT
Gross register	4,902	MT
Lenght	123.4	mtr
Breadth	16.3	mtr
Depth	8.0	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	2,300	H.P.
Speed	12	knots
Sold	1924
Sunk	1940

Aralar-Mendi Monte Bustelo

Shipyard / Year	W. Gray & Co / 1928
Dead weight	2,600	MT
Lenght	88.2	mtr
Breadth	11.9	mtr
Depth	6.5	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,500	H.P.
Scrapped	1962

Atxuri-Mendi Monte Banderas

Shipyard / Year	W. Gray & Co / 1928
Dead weight	2,600	MT
Lenght	88.2	mtr
Breadth	11.9	mtr
Depth	6.5	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,500	H.P.
Scrapped	1961

At Villagarcía de Arosa


Aloña-Mendi Monte Bizcargui

Shipyard / Year	William Gray / 1921
Dead weight	2.600	MT
Gross register	1,597	GRT
Lenght	88.2	mtr
Breadth	11.9	mtr
Depth	5.0	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	900	C.V.
Scrapped	Santurce - 1960

Steaming when she yet was Aloña-Mendi At Bilbao, berthed near where the Guggenheim is now. By her poop was the Swedish Sicilia, built in 1951.
On 22/March/1958 at London, berthed in West India Dock.


Andutz-Mendi Monte Buitre         Built in 1929 by William Gray & Co. Ltd, West Hartlepool, UK, for Compañía Naviera Sota y Aznar, as Andutz-Mendi with home port Bilbao. On 10/01/1939 the company changed its name to Naviera Aznar S.A. which rechristened her as Monte Buitre.
        She was 1,601 GRT, 3,030 DWT and 98.6 x 11.8 x 5.5 meters, with a triple expansion steam machine of 1,500 HP and 9.5 knots speed. She was broken up in 1962.

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