Naviera Vascongada

Compañía Naviera Vascongada

Arraiz Ciaño - Collection L. Santa Olaya

Funny view, with the decks stocked up with coal. It was shot at El Musel in 1931. The first Arraiz was bought in 1899 and sold in 1929. Here she was as Ciaño.

Shipyard / Year	W. Pickersgill / 1895
Name	*Rose Castle*
Dead weight	4,500	MT
Gross register	2,815	GRT
Length	94.5	mtr
Breadth	13.0	mtr
Depth	5.8	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,260	H.P.
Bought	1899	to
Owner	Richard Stanley
Name	*Rose Castle*
Sold	1929	to
Owner	Sociedad Metalúrgica Duro Felguera
Name	*Ciaño*
Scrapped	Bilbao - 1938

Ciaño - Ahora Diario Gráfico - 11/November/1931 - Collection J. Peña

As Ciaño

Pagasarri Pagasarri - Vida Marítima - Biblioteca Nacional de España

She was sank by gun fire on 11/August/1916 by the German submarine U-35, during a trip from Barry (Wales) to Genoa (Italy).

Shipyard / Year	William Hamilton / 1898
Name	*Heathville*
Dead weight	5.500	MT
Gross register	3,230	GRT
Length	100.6	mtr
Breadth	13.9	mtr
Depth	4.9	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,849	H.P.
Bought	1900	to
Owner	Heath Steamships Co. Ltd.
Name	*Heathville*
Gun fired	11/08/1916 - Submarine U-35

Felix de Abasolo

This ship was bought in 1901, when she was almost new since she had been built in 1899. She ran aground on the Island of Alderney on 08/June/1910, when she was steaming with a cargo of coal from Newcastle to Genoa, being impossible to rescue her. In this photo she was already with the stern broken.

Shipyard / Year	William Hamilton / 1899
Name	*Croham*
Dead weight	5,500	MT
Gross register	3,228	GRT
Length	100.6	mtr
Breadth	13.9	mtr
Depth	4.9	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Pwer	1,750	H.P.
Bought	1901	to
Owner	Mitre Shipping Company
Name	*Croham*
Wrecked	08/06/1910 - Alderney Island

Banderas

At Methil (United Kingdom), on the photos's right side. She was the first vessel in the company with this name. She had a sad ending. On 18/February/1940, during a voyage with phosphates from Bona (Algeria) to Pasajes, she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-53 about 8 miles off Cabo Villano. There were 18 deaths.

Shipyard / Year	W. Pickersgill - Southwick / 1902
Dead weight	3,580	MT
Gross register	2,053	GRT
Length	87.2	mtr
Breadth	13.2	mtr
Depth	5.7	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	990	H.P.
Speed	9	knots
Torpedoed	18/02/1940 by the submarine U-53
Torpedoed	8 miles off Cabo Villano

Artagan Artagan - Collection L. Santa Olaya

El Noroeste - 03/March/1912 The first Artagan was bought in 1911 but she sunk only few months later, on 27/February/1912, close to the Portuguese coast.

Shipyard / Year	J. Readhead & Sons / 1904
Name	*Trematon*
Dead weight	3,453	MT
Gross register	2,171	GRT
Length	85.7	mtr
Breadth	13.1	mtr
Depth	6.0	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,260	H.P.
Bought	1911	to
Owner	Hain Steamships Co. Ltd.
Name	*Trematon*
Wrecked	29/02/1912 - Close to Cabo Carvoeiro

Journal Officiel de la République Française - 9/August/1912 The 24 crewmembers were rescued by a French sailing fishing boat, whose crew were oficially awarded.

Carasa Angel Martinez-Carasa - Col. E.I. Yácoma

Angel Martinez-Carasa - Col. E.I. Yácoma

Shipyard / Year	W. Pickersgill / 1911
Dead weight	3,586	MT
Gross register	2,099	GRT
Length	86.6	mtr
Breadth	13.2	mtr
Depth	5.7	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating compound
Power	990	H.P.
Sunk	25 August 1918 - Torpedoed by UB-92

Alejandro Zubizarreta Abasolo Abasolo by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year	Blyth Drydock Company / 1920
Owner	Compañía Naviera Bachi
Name	*Bachi*
Name / Year	Bologna / 1937
Name / Year	Bachi / 1938
Dead weight	5,200	MT
Gross register	3,091	GRT
Length	100.95	mtr
Breadth	14.3	mtr
Depth	7.1	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	2,150	H.P.
Bought	1951	to
Owner	Compañía Naviera Bachi
Name	*Bachi*
Name 1951	*Alejandro Zubizarreta*
Name 1957	*Abasolo*
Sold	1960	to
Owner	Ramón Garzón González
Name	*Abasolo*
Owner / Year	Naviera de Cantabria S.A. / 1967
Name	*Nogales*
Owner / Year	Naviera Butrón / 1974
Name	*Nogales*
Scrapped	1976

Cristina Cristina by T. Diedrich

On 3th June 1955, when arriving to Avilés, she grounded on Piedra Perdida. The damages were extensive and the boilers and engine rooms were flooded. She was refloated 16 days later and towed to the San Balandrán beach, where was grounded to avoid her sunking. Once the water leaks were provisionally repaired, what took 60 days, she was towed to Gijón to be repaired in drydock.

Shipyard / Year	F. Krupp - Kiel / 1920
Name	Land Scout
Dead weight	3,750	MT
Gross register	2,421	GRT
Length	87.9	mtr
Breadth	13.5	mtr
Depth	6.2	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating Triple Expansion
Power	1,150	H.P.
Bought	1922	to
Owner	Zodiac Shipping Company
Name	*Land Scout*
Sold	1952	to
Owner	Santiago Oller Martínez
Name	*Cristina*
Owner / Year	Luis Oller Nieto / 1964
Name	*Cristina*
Owner / Year	Juan Fausto Blasco Oller / 1966
Name	*Cristina*
Owner / Year	Naviera Urbasa / 1969
Name	*Cristina*
Scrapped	Santurce - 1973

Cobetas Cobetas by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year	Russell & Co. / 1914
Owner	Linea de Vapores Serra
Name	*Adelina*
Owner / Year	Naviera Guadalquivir S.A. / 1920
Name	*Guadalquivir*
Dead weight	6,630	MT
Gross register	3,945	GRT
Length	109.6	mtr
Breadth	15.2	mtr
Depth	8.2	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	2,000	H.P.
Bought	1926	to
Owner	Naviera Guadalquivir S.A.
Name	*Guadalquivir*
Scrapped	Avilés - 1970

In ballast. Quite different shape that above photo, when she was fully loaded. Cobetas - Col. J.C. Valdés

Here she was at Avilés in July 1956

Miraflores Miraflores by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year	Irvine Shipbuilding / 1919
Name	*War Sirocco*
Owner / Year	Cía. Cantábrica de Navegación / 1919
Name	*Salazar*
Dead weight	5,133	MT
Gross register	3.209	GRT
Length	100.9	mtr
Breadth	11.2	mtr
Depth	7.1	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	2,150	H.P.
Bought	1927	to
Owner	Compañía Cantábrica de Navegación
Name	*Salazar*
Scrapped	Bilbao - 1965

Serantes SAC Tarragona by T. Diedrich

As SAC Tarragona

Shipyard / Year	Wander - Papendrech / 1922
Name	*Kayeson*
Dead weight	6,293	MT
Gross register	3,518	GRT
Length	113,9	mtr
Breadth	15.4	mtr
Depth	7.5	mtr
Propulsion	Alternativa triple expansión
Power	1,800	H.P.
Speed	11	knots
Bought	1929	to
Owner	Kaye Steam Navigation Company
Name	*Kayeson*
Sold	1958	to
Owner	Transportes, Aduanas y Consignaciones
Name	*SAC Tarragona*
Scrapped	Barcelona / 1976

Here she was at Pasajes. In the poop is the structure to install canvas to protect the area from the sun, and the big wheel for emergency steering. The small housing gave access to the steering gear room and some ratings cabins.

Arraiz Arraiz by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year	New Waterway-Rotterdam / 1925
Name	*Queenswood*
Dead weight	7,500	MT
Gross register	4,554	GRT
Length	112.9	mtr
Breadth	17.2	mtr
Depth	7.7	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,525	H.P.
Bought	1932	to
Owner	Joseph Constantine
Name	*Queenswood*
Scrapped	Valencia - 1972

Valentina Frias Artagan Artagan by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year	Blyth Shipbuilding / 1922
Owner	Compañía Naviera Bachi
Name	Kauldi
Dead weight	5,280	MT
Gross register	3,163	GRT
Length	100.9	mtr
Breadth	14.2	mtr
Depth	6.9	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,132	H.P.
Bought	1952	to
Owner	Compañía Naviera Bachi
Name	Kauldi
Name 1952	Valentina Frias
Name 1957	Artagan
Scrapped	Santander - 1966

Archanda Archanda by T. Diedrich

She was built as Cramond in 1919 and bought in 1921 by Compañía Naviera Bachi, being renamed Tom. She was the second Tom; the first was sunk on 13/April/1917, in a trip from Bilbao to Cardiff, after being hit by a torpedo fired by the submarine UC-26. The sinking was very fast, with 20 crewmembers dead and 7 survivors.
In 1953 she was bought by Compañía Naviera Vascongada and renamed Archanda, trading mainly wood logs from the Spanish Guinea to Spain mainland, like the previous years. There were other trips like the last one, to load sugar in Brazil on January 1960, when she grounded at Boa Vista island (Cabo Verde). She was lost but all crewmembers survived.

Shipyard / Year	John Blumer Co. / 1919
Name	Cramond
Owner	Compañía Naviera Bachi
Name	Tom
Dead weight	5,167	MT
Gross register	3,056	GRT
Length	101.0	mtr
Breadth	14.2	mtr
Depth	7.1	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,100	C.V.
Bought	1953	to
Owner	Compañía Naviera Bachi
Name	Tom
Grounded	19/01/1960 - Boa Vista Island

Enecuri Enecuri by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year	W. Hamilton & Co. / 1920
Owner	Compañía Naviera Bachi
Name	Manuchu
Name 1936	Aras
Name 1939	Manuchu
Dead weight	5,532	MT
Gross register	3.205	GRT
Length	100.8	mtr
Breadth	14.9	mtr
Depth	6.7	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,885	H.P.
Bought	1955	to
Owner	Compañía Naviera Bachi
Name	Manuchu
Scrapped	Santurce - 1969

Alejandro Zubizarreta Alejandro Zubizarreta by T. Diedrich

She was modified as bulkcarrier, removing the masts and painting her with a colour good for the job but not for the looking. Alejandro Zubizarreta por F. Estrañi

Shipyard / Year	S.E.C.N. - Sestao / 1959
Dead weight	11,320	MT
Gross register	6,151	GRT
Length	144.5	mtr
Breadth	18.65	mtr
Depth	12.0	mtr
Maximum draft	9.1	mtr
Propulsion	Naval - Burmeister & Wain 662VTBF115
Power	4,900	H.P.
Dynamos	3 x 150 kW - 220 VDC
Speed	15.2	knots
Scrapped	San Esteban de Pravia - 1985

Valentina Frias Valentina Frias by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year	S.E.C.N. - Sestao / 1960
Dead weight	13,020	MT
Gross register	8,691	GRT
Length	144.4	mtr
Breadth	18.7	mtr
Depth	12.0	mtr
Maximum draft	9.1	mtr
Propulsion	Naval - Burmeister & Wain 662VTBF115
Power	4,900	H.P.
Dynamos	3 x 150 kW - 220 VDC
Speed	15.2	knots
Scrapped	Algeciras - 1986

Also reformed as bulkcarrier

Martin Zubizarreta Martin Zubizarreta by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year	Euskalduna - Bilbao / 1961
Dead weight	12,620	MT
Gross register	8,609	GRT
Length	144.5	mtr
Breadth	18.7	mtr
Depth	12.0	mtr
Maximum draft	9.1	mtr
Propulsion	Naval - Burmeister & Wain 662VTBF115
Power	4,900	H.P.
Dynamos	3 x 150 kW - 220 VDC
Speed	14.5	knots
Sold	1969	to
Owner	Prekookeanska Plovidba
Name	*Ulcinj*
Scrapped	Barcelona - 1985

Conde de Abasolo Conde de Abasolo by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year	Euskalduna - Bilbao / 1965
Dead weight	13,653	MT
Gross register	8,302	GRT
Length	144.5	mtr
Breadth	18.7	mtr
Depth	12.0	mtr
Maximum draft	9.6	mtr
Propulsion	Euskalduna - MAN K8Z 70/120 C
Power	7,520	H.P.
Dynamos	3 x 185 kW - 220 VDC
Speed	16.0	knots
Sold	1970	to
Owner	Slobodna Plovidba
Name	*Solaris*
Name / Year	Diakan Faith / 1973
Name / Year	Pistis / 1976
Name / Year	Sunglory / 1981
Name / Year	Pollux / 1984
Scrapped	Visakhapatnam (India) - 1984

Vizcaya Vizcaya by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year	Euskalduna - Bilbao / 1966
Dead weight	23,214	MT
Gross register	14,449	GRT
Length	173.1	mtr
Breadth	22.4	mtr
Depth	14.2	mtr
Maximum draft	10.3	mtr
Propulsion	AESA - Sulzer 8RD68
Power	9,200	H.P.
Alternators	2 x 280 kW - 440 VAC - 60 Hz
Speed	15.5	knots
Sold	1973	to
Owner	Siora Milia Shipping
Name	*Emilia Loverdos*
Name / Year	Panagiotis S. / 1975
Fire	18/07/1984
Scrapped	Gadani Beach (Pakistan) - 1985

Adriana Adriana by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year	Euskalduna - Bilbao / 1969
Dead weight	6,352	MT
Gross register	4,267	GRT
Length	118.0	mtr
Breadth	16.2	mtr
Depth	8.1	mtr
Maximum draft	6.8	mtr
Propulsion	Euskalduna - MAN G10V52/74 A
Power	4,310	H.P.
Alternators	2 x 240 kW - 440 VAC - 60 Hz
Speed	14.0	knots
Sold	1977	to
Owner	Avenger Maritime Inc.
Name	*Kallifimos*
Name / Year	Al Ahram / 1986
Name / Year	Kanika IV / 1987
Name / Year	Nimrod / 1989
Name / Year	Mother / 1992
Scrapped	Alang (India) - 1993

Serantes Serantes by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year	Euskalduna - Bilbao / 1969
Dead weight	27,688	MT
Gross register	15,490	GRT
Length	181.7	mtr
Breadth	22.4	mtr
Depth	14.2	mtr
Maximum draft	10.5	mtr
Propulsion	Euskalduna - MAN K7Z 70 / 120 E
Power	9,800	H.P.
Alternators	3 x 280 kW - 440 VAC - 60 Hz
Speed	15.5	knots
Scrapped	San Esteban de Pravia - 1986

Banderas Banderas by T. Diedrich

Shipyard / Year	Euskalduna - Bilbao / 1970
Dead weight	27,178	MT
Gross register	15,500	GRT
Length	181.7	mtr
Breadth	22.4	mtr
Depth	14.2	mtr
Maximum draft	10.5	mtr
Propulsion	Euskalduna - MAN K7Z 70 / 120 E
Power	9,800	H.P.
Alternators	2 x 336 kW + 1 x 280 kW - 450 VAC - 60 Hz
Speed	15.5	knots
Sold	1993	to
Owner	Pacific Growth
Name	*Aegean Trader*
Fire	25/02/1994 -- 05º44'S - 32º18'W
Scrapped	Aliaga (Turkey) - 1994

Marta

The first Marta lasted very short time in the company. She was received in 1970 and sold in 1971. Sister ship of Talo owned by Naviera Bilbaína.

Shipyard / Year	Juliana Gijonesa / 1970
Dead weight	6,256	MT
Length	118.9	mtr
Breadth	16.6	mtr
Depth	8.2	mtr
Maximum draft	6.8	mtr
Propulsion	Euskalduna - MAN G10V52/74 A
Power	4,310	H.P.
Alternadores	2 x 240 kW - 440 VAC - 60 Hz
Speed	13	knots
Sold	1971
Owner	Arcadia-Reederei GmbH
Name	*Arcadia Wien*
Nombre - Año	Spartan Bay / 1973
Nombre - Año	Kallidromos / 1976
Nombre - Año	Arianne Laura / 1980
Nombre - Año	Kalyon / 1982
Converted	to tanker - 1992
Nombre - Año	Kaly / 2006
Nombre - Año	JS Abundance / 2007
Scrapped	Probably 2010

Enecuri Enecuri - Col. Eliseo Fernández

Shipyard / Year	Juliana Constructora Gijonesa / 1971
Dead weight	7,596	MT
Gross register	5,298	GRT
Length	114.2	mtr
Breadth	17.6	mtr
Depth	8.8	mtr
Maximum draft	7.4	mtr
Propulsion	Naval B&W 650VT2BF - 110
Power	4,600	H.P.
Speed	14.1	knots
Alternators	3 x 200 kW - 450 VAC - 60 Hz
Sold	1979	to
Owner	Lidamar Cia. Naviera
Name	*Evriali*
Scrapped	Aliaga (Turquía) - 1987

Miraflores Miraflores - Col. Eliseo Fernández

Shipyard / Year	Juliana Constructora Gijonesa / 1971
Dead weight	7,596	MT
Gross register	5,298	GRT
Length	114.2	mtr
Breadth	17.6	mtr
Depth	8.8	mtr
Maximum draft	7.4	mtr
Propulsion	Naval - B&W 650VT2BF - 110
Power	4,600	H.P.
Speed	14.1	knots
Alternators	3 x 200 kW - 450 VAC - 60 Hz
Sold	1979	to
Owner	Hanseatic Shipping Co.
Name	*Auguste S.*
Name / Year	Cape Vals / 1982
Name / Year	Laura Erre / 1986
Name / Year	Max Victory / 1989
Name / Year	Diamond King / 1989
Name / Year	Apollo / 1995
Name / Year	Fu Da / 1997
Scrapped	Date not known

Artagan Caroline S. - Shipspotting

As Caroline S.

Shipyard / Year	Juliana Constructora Gijonesa / 1972
Dead weight	7,591	MT
Gross register	5,298	GRT
Length	114.2	mtr
Breadth	17.6	mtr
Depth	8.8	mtr
Maximum draft	7.4	mtr
Propulsion	Naval - B&W 650VT2BF - 110
Power	4,600	H.P.
Speed	14.1	knots
Alternators	3 x 200 kW - 450 VAC - 60 Hz
Sold	1979	to
Owner	Hanseatic Shipping Co.
Name	*Caroline S.*
Name / Year	Bora Isik / 1981
Sunk	13/12/1987 -- 39º41'N - 58º43'W - 3 dead

Marta

At Almería loading iron ore for Gijón and Avilés, in 1973 when she was new.

Shipyard / Year	A.E.S.A. - Olaveaga / 1973
Dead weight	19,052	MT
Gross register	11,383	GRT
Length	147.0	mtr
Breadth	22.8	mtr
Depth	13.5	mtr
Maximum draft	9.9	mtr
Propulsion	Euskalduna - MAN K6Z 70/120 E
Power	8,400	H.P.
Alternators	1 x 326 kW + 3 x 280 kW - 450 VAC - 60 Hz
Speed	15.5	knots
Sold	1982	to
Owner	Serenity Shipping Co.
Name	*Prosperity*
Sunk	03/02/1993 -- 06º40'N - 78º14'E - 5 dead

Spanish version

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