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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


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
Felix de Abasolo - Collection C. Kleiss
      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
Banderas - Collection C. Kleiss
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

Artagan - Collection L. Santa Olaya
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

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

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

Miraflores by T. Diedrich

Miraflores - Collection V. Sanahuja



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

SAC Tarragona - Collection C. Kleiss
        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

Enecuri by T. Diedrich



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

Alejandro Zubizarreta - Col. I. Gallego

Alejandro Zubizarreta - Col. M. Soler



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

Valentina Frias by T. Diedrich
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

Martin Zubizarreta by T. Diedrich



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
Marta - Collection L. Santa Olaya
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
Marta by J.A. Llebrés
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

Marta by F. Estrañi




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