Vicente Enseñat




      This shipping company was founded in 1942, beginning its journey with a small coastal ship with a wooden hull, which was joined three years later by another of similar size and also with a wooden hull. Between 1943 and 1946, three larger coastal ships were delivered, already with steel hulls. Between 1962 and 1968 she had two Panamanian companies, South Star Corporation and Ticino Corporation, which managed five ships larger than those flagged in Spain. In 1971, with the sale of its last ship, the company disappeared.


Formentor

Shipyard / Year	Astilleros de Muros / 1942
Hull	Wood
Dead weight	350	MT
Gross register	198	GRT
Length	30.9	mtr
Breadth	7.9	mtr
Depth	3.4	mtr
Propulsion	Diesel engine
Power	260	H.P.
Sold	1953	to
Owner	Antonio Pérez y Compañía
Name	Formentor
Scrapped	Unknown

Dragonera En construcción

Shipyard / Year	Astilleros Palma / 1945
Hull	Wood
Dead weight	310	MT
Gross register	238	GRT
Length	36.8	mtr
Breadth	7.4	mtr
Depth	4.0	mtr
Propulsion	Diesel engine
Power	165	H.P.
Speed	7	knots
Sold	1957	to
Owner	Juan Sanchiz Sugráñes
Name	Dragonera
Scrapped	Unknown

Virgen de la Esperanza At Santander, fully loaded. She was sold in 1969, keeping the name until 1981, when she was sold to a Panamanian shipping company that renamed her Tinina.

Shipyard / Year	Unión Naval de Levante / 1943
Dead weight	500	MT
Gross register	398	GRT
Length	46.4	mtr
Breadth	8.0	mtr
Depth	3.4	mtr
Maximum draft	3.0	mtr
Propulsion	Diesel engine MTM - Krupps
Power	550	H.P.
Speed	7,5	knots
Sold	1969	to
Owner	José Ramón González Martínez
Name	Virgen de la Esperanza
Name / Year	Tinina / 1981
Scrapped	Salvador Bahía (Brazil) - 1982

Y estás dos en lastre


Virgen de la Luz       This one was also fully loaded. She ran aground on 14/April/ 1976, due to the storm, when she was entering Corcubión with coal from San Esteban de Pravia. Although she was able to be refloated she was scrapped due to extensive damage.

Shipyard / Year	Unión Naval de Levante / 1944
Name	Virgen del Pilar
Nombre 1945	Virgen de la Luz
Dead weight	500	MT
Gross register	399	GRT
Length	46.4	mtr
Breadth	8.0	mtr
Depth	3.4	mtr
Maximum draft	3.0	mtr
Propulsion	Diesel engine MTM - Krupps
Power	550	H.P.
Speed	7,5	knots
Sold	1969	to
Owner	José Ramón González Martínez
Name	Virgen de la Luz
Wrecked	Ría de Corcubión - 14/04/1976

And in these two in ballast, with the funnel marks of José Ramón González Martínez


Virgen de Lluch Berthed in Santander downtown, in the area where the Centro Botín is currently located. She was sold in 1971 to Naviera Mallorquina, being renamed Cala Mitjana.

Shipyard / Year	Barreras - Vigo / 1951
Dead weight	495	MT
Gross register	398	GRT
Length	46.4	mtr
Breadth	7.0	mtr
Depth	4.2	mtr
Maximum draft	3.5	mtr
Propulsion	Diesel engine MTM - Krupps
Power	550	H.P.
Speed	7,5	knots
Sold	1971	to
Owner	Naviera Mallorquina
Name	Cala Mitjana
Owner / Year	A. y T. Carratalá Guardiola / 1974
Name	Cala Mitjana
Scrapped	Algeciras - 1980

      From 1962 to 1968 they had several ships under the Panamanian flag, all of them larger than those flying the Spanish flag. To do this, they created two shipping companies: South Star Corporation and Ticino Corporation. It seems to have been in partnership with a son or brother since V. & J.A. Enseñat appears as the owner behind those partnerships. The first had two ships, both acquired in 1962, which were named after Disney characters: Bamby and Dumbo. The first was scrapped in 1965 and the second in 1969, although it had been grounded since 1968. The second had three ships, bought one in 1963 and two in 1966, the first was scrapped in 1966, of the latter one was sold in 1967 and the other was sold or was layed-up in 1967. It seems that the period as shipowner of Panamanian-flagged ships ended in 1969 with the scrapping of the Dumbo.


Bamby At Gibraltar in August 1963       This rather old ship was bought in 1962 by South Star Corporation. She only lasted three years, since in 1965 she was scrapped at Gijón. She perhaps was not scrapped in that year; could be that she was purchased by an undetermined owner to trade for a while longer, but there are no records that confirm this.

Shipyard / Year	A/S Pusnes - Arendal / 1916
Name	Stend
Name / Year	Heire / 1925
Name / Year	Svanholm / 1950
Displacement	1,200	MT
Gross register	896	GRT
Length	67.6	mtr
Breadth	10.0	mtr
Depth	4.0	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Speed	9	knots
Bought	1962	to
Owner	P.R. Svanholm
Name	Svanholm
Scrapped	Gijón - 1965

In the River Mersey on 14/May/1955, while still Svanholm.


Dumbo Passing Portishead in March 1965       She was also bought in 1962 through South Star Corporation. On 22/June1967, she arrived to Las Palmas with propulsion problems, and was arrested by order of the authorities, remaining anchored so as not to occupy any dock. She was still anchored on 24/November/1968, when a storm dragged her to Las Alcavaneras beach, remaining grounded until 19/April/1969, when she was refloated. Due to the condition she was in she was declared a total constructive loss and she was auctioned, being acquired with the intention of converting her into a floating nightclub, but she was finally scrapped that same year.

Shipyard / Year	John Lewis & Sons - Aberdeen / 1945
Name	Empire Chelsea
Name / Year	Humbergate / 1946
Name / Year	Springwear / 1955
Name / Year	Lynnwear / 1959
Dead weight	1,452	MT
Gross register	1,051	GRT
Length	64.8	mtr
Breadth	10.0	mtr
Depth	4.2	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Speed	9	knots
Bought	1962	to
Owner	Lynn Shipping Company
Name	Lynnwear
Embarrancado	Las Palmas - 1968
Scrapped	Las Palmas - 1969

n April 1969, when she was still grounded on Las Alcavaneras beach.


Tico In the Kiel Canal       The second shipping company was Ticino Corporation, which purchased the Lady Sharon in 1963, being renamed Tico. She had a rather curious propulsion system, as it consisted of two reciprocating compound engines and two low-pressure turbines. Each machine evacuated the steam to a low-pressure turbine geared to the same shaft as the machine from which it received the steam. She only lasted three years, as she was scrapped in Netherlands in 1966.

Shipyard / Year	Nakskov SV - Nakskov / 1933
Name	Laura
Name / Year	Rocha / 1941
Name / Year	Laura / 1945
Name / Year	Laura Dan / 1946
Name / Year	Lady Sharon / 1960
Displacement	2,360	MT
Gross register	1,495	GRT
Length	83.7	mtr
Breadth	12.1	mtr
Depth	5.2	mtr
Propulsion	2 Alternativas compound + 2 turbines BP
Speed	12	knots
Bought	1963	to
Owner	Cia. Naviera Sharon - Beirut
Name	Lady Sharon
Scrapped	Rijsdijk (Netherlands) - 1966

Curious photo that shows her under construction with a large number of workers leaving after onboard work Nice view, being her owner J. Lauritzen, who bought her in 1946 and sold her in 1960.


Rilda       This ship and the next one were built by order of the United States Maritime Commission. They belonged to the N3-S-A1 type. The N3 type were ships for coastal traffic, the S meaning that they were powered by steam, and A1 meaning that the fuel was coal. In the case of the Rilda in 1952 the boilers were converted to burn liquid fuel. Presumably those of the Rondane would also be converted, since they followed parallel lives.

Shipyard / Year	Pacific Bridge - Alameda / 1943
Type	US Maritime Commission - N3-S-A1
Name	Benjamin Sherburn
Name / Year	Winga / 1949
Name / Year	Rilda / 1952
Dead weight	2,800	MT
Gross register	1,814	GRT
Length	78.9	mtr
Breadth	12.8	mtr
Depth	5.5	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Speed	10	knots
Bought	1966	to
Owner	Rederi A/S Nina - Erling Mortensen - Oslo
Name	Rilda
Sold	1967	to
Owner	Khalid Ali Al-Kharafi - Kuwait
Name	Rilda
Scrapped	Karachi (Pakistan) - 1972

Vessel type N3-S-A1 - Silhouette


Rondane       She was also an N3-S-A1 of the United States Maritime Commission. She was bought jointly with the Rilda by Ticino Corporation. It is not clear if she was sold in 1967, but from that year on she was anchored at Beirut until she sank there in 1972. She was finally scrapped at Bilbao in 1973. This scrapping at Bilbao seems to indicate that the sale, if there was one, was not completed, and that after she sank she was refloated and towed to Bilbao for scrapping.

Shipyard / Year	Leathem D. Smith - Sturgeon Bay / 1942
Type	US Maritime Commission - N3-S-A1
Name	Kimball Harlow
Name / Year	Spruceland / 1949
Name / Year	Rondane / 1952
Dead weight	2,800	MT
Gross register	1,814	GRT
Length	78.9	mtr
Breadth	12.8	mtr
Depth	5.5	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Speed	10	knots
Bought	1966	to
Owner	Rederi A/S Start - Erling Mortensen - Oslo
Name	Rondane
Scrapped	Bilbao - 1973

At Beirut (Lebanon) on 18/August/1971

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