Compañía Trasmediterránea






Domine

Shipyard / Year	Unión Naval de Levante / 1935
Dead weight	4,213	MT
Gross register	6,914	GRT
Passengers	261 = 59 (1) + 40 (2) + 162 (3)
Length	124.4	mtr
Breadth	16.5	mtr
Depth	8.9	mtr
Propulsion	2 x MTM - Krupp EZ 62/115
Power	5,000	H.P.
Speed	17	knots
Scrapped	San Esteban de Pravia - 1976

Berthed at Bilbao

Fernando Poo

Shipyard / Year	Unión Naval de Levante / 1935
Dead weight	4,155	MT
Gross register	6,914	GRT
Passengers	237
Length	124.4	mtr
Breadth	16.4	mtr
Depth	8.9	mtr
Propulsion	2 diesel engines
Power	6,250	H.P.
Sunk	1936

Ciudad de Alcira

Shipyard / Year	Unión Naval de Levante / 1946
Dead weight	2,406	MT
Gross register	2,516	GRT
Passengers	26
Length	89.6	mtr
Breadth	13.2	mtr
Depth	7.6	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating quadruple expansion
Power	1,800	H.P.
Scrapped	1974

Ciudad de Salamanca

Shipyard / Year	Unión Naval de Levante / 1947
Dead weight	2,504	MT
Gross register	2,537	GRT
Passengers	26
Length	89.6	mtr
Breadth	13.2	mtr
Depth	7.6	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating quadruple expansion
Power	1,800	H.P.
Scrapped	1976

      Berthed at Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The upper photo was coloured changing remarkabling the colours, that were removed in the lower one. On the background there was a ship with green hull, that actually was white, and seems the Alfonso de Naviera Asón, and a trasatlantic owned by the Italian shipping company Costa.


Castillo Villafranca This vessel was bareboat chartered to Empresa Nacional Elcano until the previous two were delivered, keeping the name during the time chartered.


Ciudad de Ibiza

Shipyard / Year	J & M Ranum / 1929
Dead weight	1,355	MT
Gross register	3,059	GRT
Passengers	105
Length	98.9	mtr
Breadth	13.5	mtr
Depth	8.7	mtr
Propulsion	2 x Diesel engines B&W
Power	3,820	H.P.
Auxilary engines	3 x 90 Kw 110 V DC
Speed	14.7	knots
Scrapped	1978

Ciudad de Cadiz

Shipyard / Year	Unión Naval de Levante / 1951
Dead weight	4,410	MT
Gross register	6,514	MT
Passengers	440=111(1ª)+56(2ª)+40(3ª)+233
Length	121.2	mtr
Breadth	16.8	mtr
Depth	11.3	mtr
Propulsion	2 x Burmeister & Wain 762VF115
Power	7,000	H.P.
Auxilary engines	3 x MTM625 x 180 Kw 220 V DC
Emergency eng.	28 Kw
Scrapped	1979

      Here the Ciudad de Cadiz was in the foreground, at Nuevo Vulcano (Barcelona), behind her was the Rey Jaime I followed by the Satrustegui or Virginia de Churruca, both belonging to the serie D of Elcano. The next was owned by CAMPSA but is not yet identified.


Ernesto Anastasio

Shipyard / Year	Unión Naval de Levante / 1955
Dead weight	4,942	MT
Gross register	7,295	GRT
Passengers	396 = 113 (1st) - 92 (2nd) - 191
Length	126.0	mtr
Breadth	16.8	mtr
Depth	11.3	mtr
Propulsion	2 engines B&W 762-VF-115
Power	7,000	H.P.
Auxilary engines	3 x 180 Kw 220 V DC
Scrapped	1980

Virgen de Africa         She was built by Unión Naval de Levante for Empresa Nacional Elcano as the second Tipe H vessel, being the first the Victoria. They were the first ferries built in Spain, designed for the Gibraltar Strait traffic. They had space for 100 cars and alternatively for 12 railroad cars.
        After her building she was chartered two years by Trasmediterránea, that bought both them on 1955. She was sold on 1986 to Agrupaciones e Inversiones and renamed Africa. This company bought her for converting her in casino and night club, but she was laid up until scrapped on 1989.

Shipyard / Year	Unión Naval de Levante / 1953
Dead weight	1,195	MT
Gross register	3,392	GRT
Passengers	900 = 22 (1st) - 16 (2nd) - 862
Length	103.6	mtr
Breadth	16.6	mtr
Depth	7.3	mtr
Propulsion	2 engines B&W 750-VF-90
Power	5,300	H.P.
Auxilary engines	3 x B&W x 180 Kw 230 V DC
Emergency eng.	28 Kw
Bought	1955	to
Owner	Empresa Nacional Elcano
Sold	1986	to
Owner	Agrupaciones e Inversiones
Name	Africa
Scrapped	1989

On this photo, shot on 12/February/1984, is arriving to Astilleros de Cádiz after a collision with the Estación Marítima de Algeciras. The bow was heavily damaged but she could yet use her anchors. She was sold on 1986.
The first by the left is not identified, the second was the minesweeper Ter, the third the Virgen de Africa and the fourth the Ciudad de Tarifa.

Victoria

Shipyard / Year	Unión Naval de Levante / 1952
Dead weight	1,185	MT
Gross register	3,310	GRT
Passengers	808 = 22 (1st) - 16 (2nd) - 770
Length	103.6	mtr
Breadth	16.0	mtr
Depth	7.3	mtr
Propulsion	2 engines B&W 750-VF-90
Power	5,300	H.P.
Auxilary engines	3 x B&W x 180 Kw 230 V DC
Emergency eng.	28 Kw
Bought	1955	to
Owner	Empresa Nacional Elcano
Scrapped	1982

Arriving to Ceuta when yet owned by Empresa Nacional Elcano, between 1952 and 1955.


Ciudad de Huesca

Shipyard / Year	Hijos de J. Barreras / 1954
Owner	Empresa Nacional Elcano
Huesca
Dead weight	1,249	MT
Gross register	2,036	GRT
Passengers	244 = 38 (1st) - 32 (2nd) - 172
Length	79.1	mtr
Breadth	13.5	mtr
Depth	6.2	mtr
Until 1974
Propulsion	Werkspoor-Lugt V.E.S. 604/90
Power	1,600	H.P.
Since 1974
Propulsion	Deutz
Power	2,000	H.P.
Auxilary engines	2 Werkspoor TMA-234 - 180 CV
Emergency eng.	50 Kw
Bought	1956	to
Owner	Empresa Nacional Elcano
Huesca
Scrapped	Gandía / 1979

Ciudad de Teruel

Shipyard / Year	Hijos de J. Barreras / 1955
Owner	Empresa Nacional Elcano
Name/B>	Teruel
Dead weight	1,250	MT
Gross register	2,038	GRT
Passengers	240 = 38 (1st) - 30 (2nd) - 170
Length	79.1	mtr
Breadth	13.5	mtr
Depth	6.2	mtr
Until 1974
Propulsion	Werkspoor-Lugt V.E.S. 604/90
Power	1,600	H.P.
Since 1974
Propulsion	Deutz
Power	2,000	H.P.
Auxilary engines	2 Werkspoor TMA-234 - 180 CV
Emergency eng.	50 Kw
Bought	1956	to
Owner	Empresa Nacional Elcano
Name/B>	Teruel
Scrapped	Villanueva y La Geltrú / 1980

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