Empresa Nacional Elcano







Castillo Olite


Castillo Valldemosa

Shipyard / Year	De la Brosse & Fouche / 1900
Name	Aunis
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1939
Name	Castillo Valldemosa
Dead weight	535	MT
Gross register	439	GRT
Length	48.3	mtr
Breadth	7.6	mtr
Depth	3.0	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating compound
Power	366	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Name	Castillo Valldemosa
Sunk	16/09/1943 - Tenerife Island

Diario de Burgos - 18/09/1943 Hoja del Lunes - 20/09/1943


Castillo Montiel

Shipyard / Year	Richardson Duck / 1913
Name	Dartwen
Name / Year	Neotsfield / 1919
Name / Year	Putney / 1933
Name / Year	Farnham / 1936
Dead weight	8,680	MT
Gross register	4,793	GRT
Length	115.9	mtr
Breadth	15.5	mtr
Depth	7.5	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,200	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Scrapped	Hospitalet de Llobregat - 1965

At Huelva, with the Turkish vessel Huseyin Kaptan on the foreground.


Castillo Vera

Shipyard / Year	Aug. Normand et Cie. / 1921
Dead weight	1,400	MT
Gross register	1,138	GRT
Length	66.9	mtr
Breadth	10.4	mtr
Depth	3.7	mtr
Propulsion	2 x Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	866	H.P.
Sold	1947	to
Owner	Mª Consolación Menéndez Ponte
Sunk	1948

Castillo Montesa

Shipyard / Year	John Lewis / 1920
Owner	Llewellyn Shipping Co. Ltd.
Name	Madge Llewellyn
Name / Year	Dellwyn / 1938
Dead weight	2,200	MT
Gross register	1,451	GRT
Length	71.6	mtr
Breadth	10.9	mtr
Depth	5.0	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	480	N.H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Sold	1960	to
Owner	Ángel Riva Suardíaz
Name	Aline
Scrapped	Gijón - 1970

Berthing at Bilbao, in front of the Universidad de Deusto. By her aft was the Puerto de Pajares. In 1953
The Deck Officers, with the Master in the center.


Castillo Maqueda

Shipyard / Year	61 Kommunara Nikolaiev North / 1931
Owner	USSR - Black Sea Shipping Co.
Name	Skvortsov-Stepanov
Dead weight	3,200	MT
Gross register	2,152	GRT
Lenght	82.4	mtr
Breadth	12.1	mtr
Depth	6.9	mtr
Propulsion	Komintern Locomotive – Sulzer 6S47
Power	1,200	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Sold	1961	to
Owner	José Pastoriza González
Name	Castillo Maqueda
Scrapped	Cádiz - 1965

Castillo Almansa

Shipyard / Year	Short Brothers / 1908
Dead weight	2,100	MT
Gross register	1,407	GRT
Length	73.2	mtr
Breadth	11.0	mtr
Depth	4.8	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	720	H.P.
Sold	1959	to
Owner	Marcosa
Scrapped	1967

On 1959 she was bought by Marcosa and renamed Valira Arriving to Delfzijl (Netherlands)


Castillo Montjuich
As African Mariner


Castillo Olmedo

Shipyard / Year	Nylands Vaerksted / 1908
Dead weight	1,750	MT
Gross register	1,481	GRT
Length	74.2	mtr
Breadth	10.3	mtr
Depth	6.6	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,120	H.P.
Fuel	Coal
Speed	10	knots
Incorporated	1942
Scrapped	Barcelona - 1969

At Tenerife
The refloating after the Civil War She was sunk at Gijón by nacional planes on 22/August/1937


Castillo Tarifa

Shipyard / Year	T.Turnbull and Sons / 1888
Dead weight	3,450	MT
Gross register	2,282	GRT
Length	87.7	mtr
Breadth	11.7	mtr
Depth	6.4	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	880	H.P.
Sold	1951	to
Owner	Compañía Marítima Ponte Naya
Scrapped	1962

Castillo Noreña       She was built on 1920 as Ville de Dannemarie. Only one year later she was sold and renamed Greatend. During the Civil War she was sunk at Valencia during a national air raid. Six months later, on November 1938, she was refloated and delivered to Gerencia de Buques Mercantes para Servicios Oficiales, being renamed Castillo Noreña.
      On 1942 she was transfered to Empresa Nacional Elcano. In 1960 she was bought by Vicente Suárez, and renamed Margara, name that she kept until scrapped on 1974.

Shipyard / Year	J.I. Thornycroft / 1920
Dead weight	2,200	MT
Gross register	1,495	GRT
Length	77.0	mtr
Breadth	11.0	mtr
Depth	5.4	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	700	H.P.
Sold	1960	to
Owner	Vicente Suárez
Scrapped	1974

Castillo Benisano


Castillo Coca ABC - 3 de diciembre de 1947 When seized on 26/May/1938 she had the name Jan, like when built at Copenhaguen on 1918. The news told her tragic end, but there was an error on the dead crew, that was 26 instead 46.

Shipyard / Year	Kjobenhavns Flydk / 1918
Dead weight	3.100	MT
Gross register	1,739	GRT
Length	79.6	meters
Breadth	12.2	meters
Depth	5.1	meters
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion Lentz
Power	1,090	H.P.
Sunk	1947

Castillo Almenara


Castillo Campanario


Castillo Frias


Castillo Manzanares

Shipyard / Year	J.L. Thompson / 1912
Name	Northern
Name / Year	Sonora / 1922
Name / Year	Ariadne / 1934
Name / Year	Trovatore / 1938
Dead weight	9,080	MT
Registro bruto	4,745	GRT
Pasajeros	56
Length	122.9	mtr
Breadth	16.5	mtr
Depth	7.9	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	2,100	H.P.
Chartered	1944	to
Owner	Ybarra y Compañía
Name	Cabo del Agua
Ended charter	1957
Scrapped	Castellón - 1964

Castillo Andrade Antartico       This vessel was seized on 1937, when was sailing as François, in the Strait of Gibraltar by the auxiliary cruiser Mallorca. During the rest of the she was camouflaged as Vigo. On 1939 was rechristened as Castillo Andrade, and was later integrated in Elcano, when it was formed.

Shipyard / Year	Richardson, Duck & Co. / 1914
Name	Sicily
Owner / Year	M.A. Embiricos
Name	Pagasitikos
Owner / Year	Soc. Com. d'Affretements et de Comm.
Name	François
Owner / Year	Gobierno Español / 1937
Name	Vigo
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1939
Name	Castillo Andrade
Until 1945
Dead weight	4,722	MT
Gross register	3,457	GRT
Length	116.0	mtr
From 1951 - Converted to reefer vessel
Dead weight	6,000	MT
Gross register	5,507	GRT
Length	122.7	mtr
Breadth	14.6	meters
Depth	10.8	meters
Propulsion
Until 1945	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,400	H.P.
From 1951	Diesel engine MAN G8VN84
Power	1,980	H.P.
Incorporated	1942
Name	Castillo Andrade
Name 1951	Antartico
Wrecked	06/10/1959 - Santander

She grounded on 1959 when calling at Santander and was a total loss. The history can be seen in the next section. This was her original look until modified between 1945 and 1951. Nice view


Ria de El Ferrol

Dead weight	3,150	MT
Length	85.0	mtr
Breadth	10.5	mtr
Depth	5.9	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,200	H.P.
Sold	1948
Scrapped	1971

Ria de Ares

Shipyard / Year	Jannsen and Schmilinsky / 1923
Name	Sevilla
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1939
Name	Ria de Ares
Dead weight	2,972	MT
Gross register	1,995	GRT
Length	81.7	mtr
Breadth	11.7	mtr
Depth	5.5	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,050	H.P.
Integrated	1942
Name	Ria de Ares
Sold	1945	to
Owner	COFRUNA
Name	Ria de Ares
Owner / Year	Naviera Lagos / 1961
Name	Lago Mayor
Owner / Year	Castañer y Ortiz / 1964
Owner / Year	Lago Mayor
Scrapped	Villanueva y Geltrú - 1967

Ria de Camariñas At Castellón showing her original look

Shipyard / Year	Jannsen and Schmilinsky / 1923
Name	Larache
Owner / Year	Gerencia de Buques Mercantes / 1939
Name	Ria de Camariñas
Dead weight	2,972	MT
Gross register	1,999	GRT
Length	81.7	mtr
Breadth	11.7	mtr
Depth	5.5	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,050	H.P.
Integrated	1942
Name	Ria de Camariñas
Sold	1945	to
Owner	COFRUNA
Name	Ria de Camariñas
Owner / Year	Naviera Lagos / 1961
Name	Lago Mar
Owner / Year	Castañer y Ortiz / 1963
Name	Lago Mar
Scrapped	Santander - 1965

Here is as Lago Mar. She changed completely her shape.


Ria de Vigo          She was built on 1912 as Newfield, being later Apsleyhull, Cymric Queen, Nailsea Brook, Bascombe Chine and since 1937 Helios. With this name was captured during the Civil War because she was working for the republican government. She was incorporated to the Gerencia de Buques Mercantes Mercantes para Servicios Oficiales, changing her name to Ria de Vigo, passing on 1942 to Elcano.

Shipyard / Year	Irvine Shipbuilding / 1912
Dead weight	6,660	MT
Gross register	3,821	GRT
Length	110.4	mtr
Breadth	15.6	mtr
Depth	8.0	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,200	H.P.
Speed	9	knots
Sold	1944	to
Owner	José Morey Fdez. Labardera
Scrapped	1966

         On 1944 she was sold to José Morey Fernández Labardera, passing on 1945 to Naviera Morey in which she remained until 1964 when, as her shipowner Francisco Morey died, she passed along with other ships of the company to be managed by the Grupo Pereda. She was scrapped on 1966 at Parayas (Cantabria) without having changed her name. At Santander downtown, already owned by Naviera Morey.


Ria de Muros

Shipyard / Year	Aktie Geschaft Neptun / 1904
Dead weight	2,388	MT
Gross register	1,835	GRT
Length	78.2	mtr
Breadth	10.9	mtr
Depth	4.6	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	600	H.P.
Sold	1953
Owner	Compañía Marítima Ponte Naya
Scrapped	1963

Ria de Pontevedra

Shipyard / Year	F.Schichan / 1923
Dead weight	2,560	MT
Gross register	1,531	GRT
Length	81.7	mtr
Breadth	11.7	mtr
Depth	5.8	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	900	H.P.
Speed	12	knots
Sold	1948	to
Owner	Naviera Aznar
Scrapped	1967

Ria de Corme       She was built on 1924 in Germany as Kathe, and on 1930 was renamed as Diana. During the Civil War she was working for the republican government, and due to this was seized by the nacionalist one. She was later delivered to Elcano, that renamed her Ria de Corme on 1943. On 2nd/March/1946 she grounded on Goodwin Sans, in the north of the English Channel. She was towed to Dover, where sunk when already berthed. She was refloated and, under her power or towed, went back to Spain, where was laid up until scrapped on 1950.
      This photo shows her condition whilst waiting to be scrapped.

Dead weight	2,550	MT
Gross register	1,551	GRT
Length	86.6	mtr
Breadth	13.0	mtr
Depth	5.1	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	850	H.P.

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

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