Compañía Trasatlántica Española

Cristobal Colon         Built in 1923 was 10,883 GRT with 14,400 MT displacement. She was in the line North Spain - Cuba - Mexico - New York, like the Habana ex-Alfonso XIII, until grounded and lost off-Bermuda on 25 October 1936. This photo shows her impressive and nice look viewed from forward Shipyard / Year S.E.C.N. / Ferrol / 1927 Dead weight 6,320 MT Gross register 10,833 GRT Passengers 2,700 Length 152.6 mtr Breadth 18.6 mtr Depth 10.9 mtr Propulsion 2 Steam turbines Power 11,083 H.P. Speed 17 knots Sunk 1936 Diario Palentino - 28/October/1936

Juan Sebastian Elcano         The Juan Sebastian Elcano was the first of a three vessels serie, being the other two the Marques de Comillas and the Magallanes. She was launched by Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval at Sestao on November 1926.        This ship was seized by the Soviet Union at Odessa in 1937, transformed in workshop ship and renamed Wolga in the Soviet Navy. Later was converted to hospital vessel and renamed Odessa. Later was converted to cargo vessel and renamed Jakutia, being scrapped in 1968.

Marques de Comillas         The Marques de Comillas was launched at Ferrol in March 1927. In 1961 caught a fire at shipyard ASTANO de Fene and due to the heavy damage and her age was scrapped in 1962. The three ships were commissioned in 1928.         When new they had two funnels, which in the Marques de Comillas and Magallanes case was reduced to one around 1940, when they were transformed to modify their passanger capacity. In these photos can be seen with two funnels and after the modification.         Although sister ships their passanger capacity was different, and was around 145 passangers in First, 50 in Second and 40 in Third, with very different capacity in Emigrant because it was between 530 and 830 depending of the vessel. The emigrants were traveling in bunks in the tweendecks. Later they were converted to three class vessels: First, Second and Turist. On this nice photo can be seen leaving La Habana At Vigo At Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval shipyard, at Sestao. On the background was the Habana At Santander

Magallanes         The Magallanes was launched at Matagorda in May 1927. After her commissioning in 1928, together with her sister ships, was sailing in the America lines till 1953 when was laid up at Bilbao waiting to be transformed, but in 1957 was sold to the scrappers. These three ships main specifications were: Dead weight 6,200 MT Displacement 13,200 MT Gross register 9,900 GRT Length 145,1 mtr Breadth 17,1 mtr Depth 9,8 mtr The propulsion was by 2 turbine groups Curtis-Parsons with 8,300 HP which got them 15 knots. The steam was supplied from five boilers with 25 bar pressure and burning 80 MT of heavy fuel oil daily.

Interior views These photos show how were the decoration on those years Isabel de Borbon - Gallery Cristobal Colon - Hall Magallanes - Mess room

Cristobal Colon - Marques de Comillas - Magallanes

  Spanish version 

  Part of the information has been extracted from the pages of Manuel García


    

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