Empresa Nacional Elcano






Castillo Figueras

Shipyard / Year	Aktie Geschaft Neptun / 1906
Name	Roma
Owner / Year	Gobierno Español / 1918
Name	España Nº 3
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1941
Name	Castillo Figueras
Dead weight	3,480	MT
Gross register	2,108	GRT
Length	79.6	mtr
Breadth	11.6	mtr
Depth	8.2	mtr
Maximum draft	6.6	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	640	C.V.N.
Incorporated	1942
Sold	1962	to
Owner	José Pastoriza González
Name	Castillo Figueras
Scrapped	Valencia - 1965

Castillo Bellver

Shipyard / Year	J. L. Thompson & Company / 1923
Name	Age
Name / Year	Kazan / 1935
Name / Year	Lensovet / 1936
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1939
Name	Castillo Bellver
Dead weight	6,838	MT
Gross register	4,718	GRT
Length	115.3	mtr
Breadth	16.1	mtr
Depth	7.4	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,438	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Sold	1961	to
Owner	Marcosa
Name	Kogo
Scrapped	Santander - 1971

Castillo La Mota

Shipyard / Year	Wood Skinner & Co / 1916
Owner	Burnett Steamship Co. Ltd.
Name	Horden
Name / Year	Hordena / 1937
Owner / Year	Spanish Government / 1937
Name	Ferrolano
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1939
Name	Castillo La Mota
Dead weight	3,920	MT
Gross register	2,667	GRT
Length	97.8	mtr
Breadth	13.2	mtr
Depth	5.9	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,500	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Scrapped	Sevilla - 1963

In July 1960 at Walhaven (Rotterdam)


Castillo Monforte

Shipyard / Year	S.P. Austin & Son / 1912
Name	Hillingdon
Name / Year	Corbrae / 1920
Name / Year	Nagos / 1934
Owner / Year	Gobierno Español / 1937
Name	Huelva
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1939
Name	Castillo Monforte
Dead weight	3,920	MT
Gross register	2,667	GRT
Length	97.8	mtr
Breadth	13.2	mtr
Depth	5.9	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,500	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Sold	1962	to
Owner	Marcosa
Name	Jalon
Owner / Year	Compañía Marítima del Cadagua / 1965
Name	Jalon
Scrapped	Bilbao - 1969

Castillo Simancas

Shipyard / Year	Charles Connell / 1907
Name	Den of Ruthven
Name / Year	Wincote / 1915
Name / Year	Kintyre / 1924
Name / Year	Polymnia / 1929
Name / Year	Sydney / 1937
Owner / Year	Gobierno Español / 1938
Name	Coruña
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1939
Name 1939	Castillo Simancas
Dead weight	7,950	MT
Gross register	4,937	GRT
Length	121.9	mtr
Breadth	15.9	mtr
Depth	9.0	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,890	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Sold	1952	to
Owner	Marítima Madrileña
Name	Jarama
Owner	Riva Suardíaz
Name	Rivademar
Owner / Year	Naviera Forestal Africana / 1962
Name	Munisa
Wrecked	28/04/1972 - Close to Sinoe (Liberia)

Castillo Peñafiel

Shipyard / Year	De Noord - Alblasserdam / 1918
Name	Noord
Name / Year	Smidovich / 1935
Owner / Year	Gobierno Español / 1937
Name	Pasajes
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1939
Name	Castillo Peñafiel
Dead weight	4,285	MT
Gross register	2,483	GRT
Length	87.2	mtr
Breadth	13.8	mtr
Depth	7.3	mtr
Maximum draft	6.1	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,050	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Scrapped	Castellón - 1964

Castillo Ampudia

Shipyard / Year	Worf Voorh Rijkee / 1912
Name	Charon
Name / Year	Jason / 1912
Name / Year	Katayama / 1934
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1939
Name	Castillo Ampudia
Dead weight	5,400	MT
Gross register	3,209	GRT
Length	109.0	mtr
Breadth	15.8	mtr
Depth	6.7	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,600	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Sold	1955	to
Owner	Naviera Morey
Name	Castillo Ampudia
Name 1965	Ampuries
Scrapped	La Spezia (Italy) - 1967

       On this photo she was at El Musel - Gijón, showing her port side. Behind her, at the other side of the pier, was the Ria de Vigo, owned previously by Elcano and that at that time was already owned by Naviera Morey, whose funnel colours showed. The leaving vessel wasRomeu or Escolano. On the left bottom was Cabo Silleiro.


Castillo Villafranca Castillo Aulencia

Shipyard / Year	Komitern Yard 61 Kommunarsk / 1932
Name	Tsyurupa
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1939
Name	Castillo Villafranca
Dead weight	3,235	MT
Gross register	2,081	GRT
Length	86.7	mtr
Breadth	12.2	mtr
Depth	6.9	mtr
Propulsion	Komintern Locomotive – Sulzer 6S47
Power	1,200	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Name 1950	Castillo Aulencia
Scrapped	Castellón - 1964

Castillo Butron She was seized during the Civil War by the auxiliary cruiser V. Puchol due she was smuggling war equipment.

Shipyard / Year	Rodger and Company / 1899
Owner	William Robertson
Name	Citrine
Name / Year	Avontown / 1915
Name / Year	Pomaron / 1931
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1938
Name	Castillo Butron
Dead weight	2,625	MT
Gross register	1,743	GRT
Length	79.2	mtr
Breadth	11.4	mtr
Depth	5.1	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	668	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Sold	1957	to
Owner	Cía. Vasco Cantábrica de Navegación
Name	Rio Jiloca
Owner / Year	Marcosa / 1963
Name	Rio Jiloca
Scrapped	Santander - 1965

Castillo Mombeltran

Shipyard / Year	Rickmers - Bremerhaven / 1904
Owner	Rickmers Reismuhlen
Name	Maria Rickmers
Name / Year	Stambul / 1912
Name / Year	Istanbul / 1914
Name / Year	Stambul / 1919
Name / Year	Cape Point / 1921
Name / Year	Angelos L. / 1927
Name / Year	Ellinico Vouno / 1937
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1939
Name	Castillo Mombeltran
Dead weight	5,800	MT
Gross register	3,667	GRT
Length	107.5	mtr
Breadth	13.8	mtr
Depth	8.9	mtr
Maximum draft	7.3	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,400	H.P.
Speed	9	knots
Consumption	25 MT/day	coal
Incorporated	1942
Sold	1958	to
Owner	Cía. de Navegación Vasco Asturiana
Name	Mombeltran
Scrapped	Gijón - 1968

Castillo Moncada This vessel was damaged by a submarine on 17/March/1938 and was towed to Barcelona. In January 1939 was sunk by bombs during an air raid. She was refloated in July, when this photo seems was shot.

Shipyard / Year	Blyth Shipbuilding Co. / 1914
Name	Aydon
Name / Year	Jet / 1918
Name / Year	Charity / 1919
Name / Year	Aydon / 1919
Name / Year	Warszawa / 1920
Name / Year	Brompton Manor / 1925
Name / Year	Drakelow / 1936
Name / Year	Stancliffe / 1937
Name / Year	Navarion / 1938
Name / Year	Lena / 1938
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1939
Name	Castillo Moncada
Dead weight	2,600	MT
Gross register	1,735	GRT
Length	77.7	mtr
Breadth	11,7	mtr
Depth	6.5	mtr
Maximum draft	5.5	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,120	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Wrecked	16/03/1951 - Ponta Sagres (Portugal)

Other view of the refloating works at Barcelona View from the aft to the ship fully laden


Castillo Morella

Shipyard / Year	Richardson Duck / 1896
Name	Swanley
Owner / Year	Compañía Naviera Aurrerá / 1900
Name	Yandiola
Owner / Year	Cía. Naviera Guipuzcoana / 1920
Name	Yandiola
Name 1930	Ulia
Owner / Year	Compañía Naviera Bidasoa / 1934
Name	Ulia
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1938
Name	Castillo Morella
Owner / Year	Compañía Naviera Bidasoa / 1939
Name	Ulia
Owner / Year	Compañía Naviera Española / 1942
Name	Ulia
Dead weight	3,960	MT
Gross register	2,370	GRT
Length	91.4	mtr
Breadth	13.1	mtr
Depth	6.2	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,230	H.P.
Scrapped	Barcelona - 1959

Castillo Sagunto

Shipyard / Year	N.V. Werf Zeeland / 1921
Name	Stella
Owner / Year	Matías Mallol Bosch / 1930
Name	Ciutat de Reus
Dead weight	1,400	MT
Gross register	845	GRT
Length	65.9	mtr
Breadth	9.6	mtr
Depth	5.0	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	485	H.P.
Speed	8.5	knots
Sold	1943	to
Owner	Domingo Tomás Royo Rodrigo
Name	Reus
Fire	19/07/1970 - Almería
Scrapped	Almería - 1970

Castillo Monteagudo

Shipyard / Year	J.P. Rennoldson and Sons / 1905
Name	Solo
Name / Year	Yorkbrook / 1929
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1940
Name	Castillo Monteagudo
Dead weight	1,770	MT
Gross register	1,370	GRT
Length	71.6	mtr
Breadth	10.4	mtr
Depth	5.3	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,870	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Sold	1952	to
Owner	Vicente Suárez
Name	Vicente Suarez
Scrapped	Bilbao - 1970

Castillo Madrigal She was sold to Santiago Oller Martínez in 1951 and renamed Ramon Oller. In 1962 she was bought by Joaquín Ponte Naya, keeping the name Ramon Oller until scrapped in 1963.

Shipyard / Year	Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. / 1920
Name	Diadem
Name / Year	Eleni Nicolaou / 1934
Name / Year	Nicolaou Eleni / 1937
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1939
Name	Castillo Madrigal
Dead weight	8,150	MT
Gross register	4,258	GRT
Length	118.9	mtr
Breadth	16.5	mtr
Depth	7.5	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	2,200	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Sold	1951	to
Owner	Santiago Oller Martínez
Name	Ramon Oller
Owner / Year	Joaquín Ponte Naya / 1962
Name	Ramon Oller
Scrapped	Avilés / 1963

Castillo Fuensaldaña

Shipyard / Year	William Gray and Co. / 1910
Owner	La Tunisienne Steam Navigation Co.
Name	Camerata
Name / Year	Ronturn / 1928
Name / Year	Everards / 1933
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1939
Name	Castillo Fuensaldaña
Dead weight	6,180	MT
Gross register	3,726	GRT
Length	106.7	mtr
Breadth	15.3	mtr
Depth	7.2	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,280	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Sold	1957	to
Owner	Naviera Crú
Name	Cru Mediterraneo
Owner / Year	Marcosa / 1961
Name	Sendye
Owner / Year	Naviera de Cantabria / 1967
Name	Sendye
Scrapped	Santander / 1968

Castillo Gibralfaro

Shipyard / Year	Short Brothers / 1905
Name	Cairnnevis
Name / Year	Tolsta - 1919
Name / Year	Juss - 1937
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes - 1938
Name	Sevilla
Name 1939	Castillo Gibralfaro
Dead weight	2,660	MT
Gross register	1,587	GRT
Length	79.0	mtr
Breadth	11.2	mtr
Depth	5.5	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	700	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Sold	1954	to
Owner	Cía. de Navegación Vasco Asturiana
Name	Carlos Tartiere
Owner / Year	Soc. Metalúrgica Duro Felguera / 1967
Name	Carlos Tartiere
Scrapped	San Esteban de Pravia - 1974

Castillo Daroca

Shipyard / Year	Bergens Mek Vaerks / 1910
Name	Skulda
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1939
Name	Castillo Daroca
Dead weight	1,780	MT
Gross register	1,105	GRT
Length	69.8	mtr
Breadth	10.7	mtr
Depth	5.8	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	650	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Sold	1956	to
Owner	Naviera Daroca
Name	Daroca
Scrapped	Marín - 1970

Here is at Pasajes. Although she is hidden by the crane can be observed that in the above photo that the accomodation was modified and the funnel shortened. By her bow was the coaster Leo.


Castillo Turegano
Shipyard / Year Claparèd Frères - Francia / 1903 Name Gaulois Dead weight 630 TM Registro Gross register 500 GRT Length 50.3 mtr Breadth 7.7 mtr Depth 3.2 mtr Maximum draft 3.1 mtr Propulsion Reciprocating compound Power 500 H.P. Speed 8 knots Sunk 15/06/1938 - Valencia Refloated 28/09/1939 Repaired At Valencia 1940 Incorporated 1942 Name Castillo Turegano Scrapped 1946
As Gaulois at La Nouvelle As Gaulois at Antibes


Castillo Riaza         She was formerly Island Queen and Foynes, and was sunk when she wore this last name by the aviation at the port of Valencia on 19/09/1938 during the Civil War. She also had other names when camouflated as trap ship during World War I. When she was refloated in 1940 received the name of Castillo Riaza and was integrated in the Gerencia de Buques Mercantes para Servicios Oficiales, and later in the Empresa Nacional Elcano de la Marina Mercante when it was created. She was sold in 1958 to Naviera del Nalón, being renamed Mina Sorriego and after a few years in that company was scrapped at Gijón in 1966.

Shipyard / Year	Goole Shipbuilders / 1916
Name	Island Queen
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1939
Name	Castillo Riaza
Dead weight	1,100	MT
Gross register	844	GRT
Length	56.4	mtr
Breadth	9.2	mtr
Depth	5.4	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	500	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Sold	1958	to
Owner	Naviera del Nalón
Name	Mina Sorriego
Scrapped	Gijón - 1966

On these photos she was as Island Queen And on this already as Privet, the Q ship Q-19. A Q ship with the gun camouflaged and already on deck On August 1955 grounded at Cabo Peñas area


With the contribution of Javier Careaga Basarrate, who supplied the engine data.

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