Ybarra y Cía





Italica

Shipyard / Year	Thomas Wingate & Co. - Glasgow / 1860
Dead weight	473	MT
Gross register	382	GRT
Length	48.8	mtr
Breadth	7.6	mtr
Depth	3.4	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating compound
Power	221	H.P.
Speed	7	knots
Sold	1883	to
Owner	Augustus Giulio Colorno
Scrapped	Genoa (Italy) - 1884

        This medal was given or sold onboard the Cabo San Vicente to commemorate the century of the first owned steamer, the first Italica. She had also sails, to help when the wind was in the same direction, and in case the propulsion failed, that at that time was not uncommon. She was sold in 1883 to an Italian shipping company, and the second Italica took her place.

Vasco Andaluz

Shipyard / Year	Tood and Mac Gregor / 1861
Dead weight	520	MT
Gross register	429	GRT
Length	52.7	mtr
Breadth	7.0	mtr
Depth	4.4	mtr
Maximum draft	4.0	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating compound
Power	275	H.P
Sold	1880	to
Owner	Eduardo Coste Vildósola
Name	Vicenta
Owner / Year	Viuda de H.Lund y Clausen / 1884
Name	Ripa
Owner / Year	Gutiérrez y Otero / 1918
Name	Ripa
Owner / Year	Compañía Naviera Iturri S.A. / 1919
Name	Iturri-Ripa
Owner / Year	José Chueca Jericó / 1923
Name	Iturri-Ripa
Owner / Year	José Costa Viñas / 1929
Name	Iturri-Ripa
Owner / Year	Santiago Rivero Morán / 1931
Name	Iturri-Ripa
Wrecked	24/09/1941 - Cabo de Lata

Ybarra                 This ship and the three following ones bore the name Ybarra followed by a number, and were owned, along with other partners, by the Ybarra brothers who remained at Bilbao. This ship does not seem to have been transferred to the Ybarra shipping company in Seville, remaining registered in Bilbao until she disappeared from the Lloyds lists in 1886.

Shipyard / Year	Matthew Pearse and Co. / 1868
Dead weight	660	MT
Gross register	593	GRT
Length	51.9	mtr
Breadth	8.4	mtr
Depth	4.1	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating compound
Power	370	H.P
End	Unknown - Before 1886

Ybarra Nº 2 Ibaizabal                From her building until 1882 she carried the name Ybarra Nº 2 with Bilbao as home port. In that year, when she was fully acquired by José María de Ybarra, her name was changed to Ibaizabal and her home port to Seville.
               On 20/January/1909 the ship was shipwrecked in the Ría del Barquero, at Estaca de Bares. Due to a strong storm, she entered the estuary and when she was trying to anchor near Vicedo, a gust of wind blew her against the rocks. She was steaming from Bilbao to La Coruña loaded with rails.

Shipyard / Year	Backhouse & Dixon / 1871
Renamed	Ibaizabal / 1882
Dead weight	907	MT
Gross register	739	GRT
Length	60.3	mtr
Breadth	8.7	mtr
Depth	5.0	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating compound
Power	455	H.P
Wrecked/B>	20/01/1909 - Estaca de Bares

Ybarra Nº 3 Cabo Gata                In 1889 she was fully acquired by Ybarra y Compañía, changing her original name from Ybarra Nº 3 to Cabo Gata and her home port from Bilbao to Seville. A few months later, on 5/June/1890, she sank near Viana de Castelo (Portugal) during a voyage from Vigo to Alicante with general cargo and passengers. Fortunately both the crew and passengers were rescued by Portuguese fishing boats.

Shipyard / Year	Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. / 1880
Renamed	Cabo Gata / 1889
Dead weight	2,381	MT
Gross register	1,445	GRT
Length	76.2	mtr
Breadth	10.1	mtr
Depth	5.1	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating compound
Power	834	H.P
Wrecked/B>	05/06/1890 - Close to Viana (Portugal)

Ybarra Nº 4 Cabo Cullera                From her construction until 1882 her name was Ybarra Nº 4 and her home port Bilbao. In that year she was fully acquired by Ybarra y Compañía, and her name was changed to Cabo Cullera and her home port to Seville.
               On/14 January/1939 she was sunk by bombs hit during an attack by nationalist aircraft on the port of Tarragona. Once the Civil War was over she was scrapped on site.

Shipyard / Year	Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. / 1883
Renamed	Cabo Cullera / 1909
Dead weight	3,435	MT
Gross register	2,246	GRT
Length	82.4	mtr
Breadth	12.0	mtr
Depth	7.9	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating compound
Power	1,060	H.P
Sunk	14/01/1939 - Bombed - Tarragona

Triana

Alongside the Italica

She was bought in 1881 to the building shipyard, because she was there due to the lack of paymeny by her owner.

Shipyard / Year	Schlesinger, Davis & Co. / 1877
Dead weight	921	MT
Gross register	748	GRT
Length	60.8	mtr
Breadth	8.6	mtr
Depth	4.6	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating compound
Power	412	H.P.
Scrapped	1931 - Genoa (Italy)

Italica

Shipyard / Year	J.L. Thompson & Sons / 1883
Dead weight	1,267	MT
Gross register	1,070	GRT
Length	67.1	mtr
Breadth	9.5	mtr
Depth	5.0	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating compound
Power	514	H.P.
Wrecked	12/01/1922 - Close to Vigo

Berthed at Santander, at the Grúa de Piedra berth.

Also at Santander, berthed with the Triana

Cabo Torres

El Comercio - 21/March/1888

Shipyard / Year	Robert Thompson and Sons / 1883
Dead weight	305	MT
Gross register	250	GRT
Length	33.9	mtr
Breadth	8.4	mtr
Depth	3.8	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating compound
Power	220	H.P.
Sold	1892	to
Owner	Carlos López Guillamón
Name	Cabo Torres
End	Unknown

Vizcaya         She sank on 06/January/1936, 10 miles from Finisterre, due to a water leak, while on a trip from Bilbao to Palma de Mallorca with corn. Ten crew members were picked up by the German ship Castellon, six by the Swedish ship Minna, and four disappeared. Among the latter was the captain.

Shipyard / Year	H. Murray and Company / 1872
Owner	Naviera Portorriqueña
Name	Puerto Rico
Owner / Year	E. Corte / 1881
Name	Vizcaya
Dead weight	1,020	MT
Gross register	758	GRT
Length	61.3	mtr
Breadth	8.8	mtr
Depth	4.8	mtr
Until 1919
Propulsion	Alternative compound
Power	476	H.P.
Propulsion changed in 1919
Pwer	Alternative triple expansion
Power	600	H.P.
Bought	1886	to
Owner	E. Corte
Name	Vizcaya
Sold	1935	to
Owner	Luis de Ocharan y Aburto
Name	Vizcaya
Wrecked	06/01/1936 - Close to Finisterre

Cabo Machichaco

Shipyard / Year	Schlesinger, Davis & Co. / 1882
Name	Benisaf
Dead weight	2,500	MT
Gross register	1,689	GRT
Length	79.9	mtr
Breadth	10.8	mtr
Depth	5.8	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	915	H.P.
Bought	1886	to
Owner	Compagnie Francais du Ouest
Name	Benisaf
Fire and blast	03/11/1893 - Santander

She is infamous because exploded at Santander on 03/November/1893, causing more than 600 deaths and 2000 injured, many seriously, in addition to wipe out part of the town, as well as producing several fires.
Drawing showing the blast place, at Santander downtown.
        In the second half of 2013, to conmemorate the 120th anniversary of the accident, Pedro Blanco made an exhibition entitled "Immersión al Cabo Machichaco", in the Palacete del Embarcadero, at Santander. In an impressive model could be seen the ship and the surrounding area

On these photos are different views both above and below water and can be seen very well the condition in which she was

Cabo Mayor

Shipyard / Year	Schlesinger, Davis & Co. / 1881
Dead weight	2,500	MT
Gross register	1,682	GRT
Length	79.9	mtr
Breadth	10.8	mtr
Depth	5.8	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	915	H.P.
Wrecked	04/09/1886 - Cabo Mayor

La Vanguardia - 7/September/1886 La Vanguardia - 8/September/1886


Cabo Palos

Shipyard / Year	Joseph L. Thompson / 1885
Dead weight	2,641	MT
Gross register	1,697	GRT
Length	76.2	mtr
Breadth	10.7	mtr
Depth	5.2	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,028	H.P.
Wrecked	31/07/1911 - Avilés

ABC - 01/August/1911

On 31/07/1911 she grounded when leaving Avilés.

ABC - 03/August/1911

These photos show how she was, on the first with the San Juan de Nieva lighthouse in the background.

Heraldo Militar - 14/September/1911

The Government sent money to try refloating her. It was not possible, being necessary to blast her apart. On September end the port was again open. Her anchor was recovered and is in the Anchors Museum, at Salinas (Asturias)


        The second Cabo Palos had also an unfortunate end, because she was torpedoed by the submarine General Mola close to Alicante, when proceeding from Russia was bound to Valencia. She sank very fast with the lost of 5 of her 41 strong crew.

Shipyard / Year	Euskalduna / 1927
Dead weight	7,538	MT
Gross register	6,342	GRT
Passengers	100
Length	121.0	mtr
Breadth	16.9	mtr
Depth	7.7	mtr
Propulsion	Diesel engine
Power	2,800	H.P.
Torpedoed	26/06/1937	by
Submarine	General Mola

Cabo Quejo

Shipyard / Year	Joseph L. Thompson / 1887
Dead weight	2,632	MT
Gross register	1.691	GRT
Length	76.2	mtr
Breadth	11.0	mtr
Depth	5.0	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	877	H.P.
Scrapped	1934

Here is in one of the piers of Euskalduna, in Bilbao.


Cabo San Antonio

Shipyard / Year	Joseph L. Thompson / 1888
Dead weight	2,477	MT
Gross register	1,991	GRT
Length	76.2	mtr
Breadth	11.0	mtr
Depth	5.1	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	710	H.P.
Wrecked	23/09/1922 - Close to Cape Saint Vicent

Cabo San Vicente

Shipyard / Year	Joseph L. Thompson / 1891
Dead weight	2,299	MT
Gross register	1,726	GRT
Length	76.2	mtr
Breadth	11.0	mtr
Depth	5.1	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	700	H.P.
Scrapped	Bilbao - 1934

Cabo Tortosa         She was built in 1893 for Ybarra by Joseph L. Thompson & Sons. She was wrecked arriving to Corunna on 09/01/1908 due poor visibility, in the line from North Spain to Mediterranean. All crewmembers got to shore close to Torre de Hércules area.

Shipyard / Year	Joseph L. Thompson & Sons / 1893
Dead weight	2.379	MT
Gross register	1.551	GRT
Length	76,0	meters
Breadth	11,0	meters
Depth	4,5	meters
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	810	H.P.
Wrecked	09/01/1908 - Arriving to Corunna

Already grounded, trying to refloat her.


Cabo Nao         Fue también construido en 1893 para Ybarra por Joseph L. Thompson & Sons. Como el anterior se dedico principalmente a línea de cabotaje alrededor de la península, lo que no evitaba que circunstancialmente hicieran gran cabotaje. Fue desguazado en 1934 después de transcurrir su vida sin grandes incidencias.

Shipyard / Year	Joseph L. Thompson & Sons / 1893
Dead weight	2,485	MT
Gross register	1,551	GRT
Length	73.2	mtr
Breadth	10.4	mtr
Depth	6.9	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	813	H.P.
Scrapped	1934

En Santander


Cabo San Martin

Shipyard / Year	Bartram, Haswell & C. / 1892
Owner	Cía. Sevillana de Navegación a Vapor
Name	La Giralda
Dead weight	2,374	MT
Gross register	1,861	GRT
Length	76.8	mtr
Breadth	11.0	mtr
Depth	5.2	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	675	H.P.
Bought	1895	to
Owner	Cía. Sevillana de Navegación a Vapor
Name	La Giralda
Sold	1932	to
Owner	Federico González Fierro
Name	Genoveva F
Scrapped	San Esteban de Pravia - 1974

Cabo Santa Pola

Shipyard / Year	Raylton Dixon / 1897
Owner	Naviera Sota y Aznar
Name	Deusto
Dead weight	2,537	MT
Gross register	1,626	GRT
Length	76.0	mtr
Breadth	11.3	mtr
Depth	5.2	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	875	H.P.
Bought	1901	to
Owner	Naviera Sota y Aznar
Name	Deusto
Scrapped	1933

Cabo Higuer         In this photo the vessel is passing by close to the Puertochico dock, at Santander, listed to starboard. Observing the photo carefully can be seen that the boom has been removed. Behind can be seen a Trasatlántica vessel, which I believe is the first Alfonso XIII or the Reina Maria Cristina.

Shipyard / Year	William Doxford / 1888
Name	Callisto
Owner / Year	Naviera Sota y Aznar / 1894
Name	Musques
Dead weight	2,945	MT
Gross register	1.709	GRT
Length	76.2	mtr
Breadth	11.0	mtr
Depth	5.2	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	876	H.P.
Bought	1906	to
Owner	Naviera Sota y Aznar
Name	Musques
Converted	Barge - 1928
Scrapped	1934

Cabo Toriñana

Shipyard / Year	Grangemouth & Greenock / 1903
Dead weight	2,450	MT
Gross register	1,506	GRT
Length	72.2	mtr
Breadth	10.5	mtr
Depth	4.5	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	532	H.P.
Wrecked	04/05/1958 - Collision off Cape Bustos

Hola del Lunes de Gijón - 5/May/1958

        She was sunk on 4/May/1958 in front of Cabo Busto, close to Luarca, few hours before of arriving to Gijón with wood from Huelva. She was collided in fog by the tanker Campeon, sinking five hours later. The crew was saved by the Campeon lifeboats. There was one casualty. The Campeon arrived on same day to El Musel with the bow badly damaged.


Cabo La Plata Here she was at Pasajes. Below is the whole photo. The first on the right is the Cabo Ortegal. By her bow was the Jose G. Trevilla.

Shipyard / Year	Grangemouth & Greenock / 1908
Dead weight	3,125	MT
Gross register	2,002	GRT
Length	80.5	mtr
Breadth	11.7	mtr
Depth	4.9	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	2,980	H.P.
Wrecked	06/10/1952 - Close to Cape del Home

At Ferrol on 03/08/1946


Cabo Carvoeiro Waiting the scrapping, together with the Cabo Sacratif.

Shipyard / Year	William Dobson / 1909
Dead weight	3,250	MT
Gross register	1,993	GRT
Length	78.2	mtr
Breadth	11.7	mtr
Depth	4.9	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	2,980	H.P.
Scrapped	Santander - 1962

Cabo Blanco

Shipyard / Year	Euskalduna / 1909
Dead weight	3,200	MT
Gross register	2,163	GRT
Length	80.5	mtr
Breadth	11.5	mtr
Depth	8.2	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	2,984	H.P.
Wrecked	13/07/1936 -- 41º45'N-08º52'W

This photo shows her in Santander. She sank in 1936 in the Portuguese coast


Cabo Sacratif

Shipyard / Year	Euskalduna / 1909
Dead weight	3,457	MT
Gross register	2,174	GRT
Length	80.8	mtr
Breadth	11.8	mtr
Depth	8.2	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	2,880	H.P.
Scrapped	Santander - 1962

Cabo Roche La Época - 13/January/1921

Shipyard / Year	A. Stephen and Sons - Govan / 1877
Owner	J. Roca y Compañía - Barcelona
Name	Pinzon
Name	Compañía Marítima S.A. / 1894
Name	Pinzon
Dead weight	991	MT
Gross register	833	GRT
Length	63,6	mtr
Breadth	8.6	mtr
Depth	5.2	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating compound
Power	500	H.P.
Bought	1910	to
Owner	Compañía Marítima S.A. - Barcelona
Name	Pinzon
Wrecked	10/01/1921 - Cclose to Cape Mele (Italy)

Cabo del Agua         She was the first Cabo del Agua and the smallest, bought in 1910 to Compañía Marítima, based at Barcelona. There was later two more vessels with the same name, the second from 1922 to 1925 with dead weight of almost 3,000 MT, and the third from 1944 to 1955 with more than 9,000 MT.

Shipyard / Year	A. Stephen and Sons - Govan / 1877
Owner	J. Roca y Compañía - Barcelona
Name	Solis
Owner	Compañía Marítima
Name	Solis
Dead weight	9911	MT
Gross register	835	GRT
Length	63.6	mtr
Breadth	8.6	mtr
Depth	5.2	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating compound
Power	377	H.P.
Bought	1910	to
Owner	Compañía Marítima
Name	Solis
Sold	1913	to
Owner	Celaya y Sangroniz - Seville
Name	Cabo del Agua
Name	Jaureguibeitia - Bilbao / 1917
Name	Mirentxu
Name	Ustara y Leal - Bilbao / 1918
Name	Mirentxu
Name	F. Power - Bilbao / 1919
Name	Mirentxu
Name	Maritima Mirentxu S.A. - Bilbao / 1920
Name	Mirentxu
Name	Hijos de Romulo Bosch - Barcelona / 1925
Name	Vilafranca
Scrapped	1937

The photo was shot at San Feliú de Guixols when she was Vilafranca, name that she had from 1925 until scrapped in 1937.


Cabo Cervera

Shipyard / Year	Euskalduna / 1912
Dead weight	3,690	MT
Gross register	2,164	GRT
Length	81.1	mtr
Breadth	11.9	mtr
Depth	7.3	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	2,984	H.P.
Scrapped	Bilbao - 1963

Cabo Tres Forcas

Shipyard / Year	Euskalduna / 1914
Dead weight	3,765	MT
Gross register	2,265	GRT
Length	83.4	mtr
Breadth	11.8	mtr
Depth	7.3	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	817	H.P.
Scrapped	Bilbao - 1962

Cabo Menor

Shipyard / Year	Grangemouth / 1912
Dead weight	3,470	MT
Gross register	2,042	GRT
Length	80.8	mtr
Breadth	11.7	mtr
Depth	7.2	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	2,980	H.P.
Scrapped	Bilbao - 1963

        On this awesome postcard she is berthed close to the Torre del Oro, at Sevilla downtown. On the next she is at Huelva, also close to the downtown. On those years the ports were integrated in the towns, not as nowadays when they are far away.
Arriving to La Coruña


Cabo Villano
Sank in Gulf of Santa Catalina (Brasil) area on 15/July/1942, in a trip from Buenos Aires to Barcelona. All the 39 crewmembers disappeared with her.

Shipyard / Year	Echevarrieta y Larrinaga / 1920
Dead weight	6,200	MT
Gross register	3,754	GRT
Length	100.4	mtr
Breadth	14.6	mtr
Depth	7.0	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,500	H.P.
Speed	10	knots
Sunk	Aprox. 15/06/1942 -- 31º11'S - 48º43'O

Cabo Ortegal

Shipyard / Year	Astilleros del Nervión / 1919
Dead weight	4,650	MT
Gross register	3,717	GRT
Length	98.9	mtr
Breadth	14.4	mtr
Depth	6.8	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,500	H.P.
Sold	1963	to
Owner	Naviera Astur Andaluza
Name	Cabo Ortegal
Scrapped	Avilés - 1965

La Voz de Cantabria - 15/March/1930 Interesting interview to the ships's Master

Cabo Huertas In 1938 changed her name to Tausend, but in 1939 is again Cabo Huertas with Ybarra y Compañia.

Shipyard / Year	S.E.C.N. - Sestao - 1922
Dead weight	4,040	MT
Gross register	2,776	GRT
Length	85.4	mtr
Breadth	12.8	mtr
Depth	7.3	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,800	H.P.
Scrapped	Castellón - 1963

        These interesting screenshots taken from a SEAT movie show her loading the model 600 with her own derricks. In this way were transported them around the peninsula, very different than nowadays when all vehicles traffic is by specialized ships. The movie was recorded between 1957, when the model 600 started to be fabricated, and 1963, when the vessel was scrapped.


Cabo Roche

Shipyard / Year	S.E.C.N. - Sestao / 1922
Dead weight	4,040	MT
Gross register	2,776	GRT
Length	89.2	mtr
Breadth	12.8	mtr
Depth	7.3	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,800	H.P.
Scrapped	Barcelona - 1964

On this photo she is at Santander. Forward to her, berthed to the Grúa de Piedra pier, was the Ayala-Mendi, that later was renamed as Monte Ayala.         Here she was on the center left. By her aft was the Santirso of Naviera del Nalón. On the foreground can be seen the deck and funnel of the Erandio of Compañía Marítima Elanchove. On the background just in the center of the photo, among the row of vessels, was the Motrico of Sociedad Naviera Elcano.
Launching at Sestao


Cabo Razo

Shipyard / Year	Euskalduna / 1926
Dead weight	4,084	MT
Gross register	2,879	GRT
Length	96.9	mtr
Breadth	13.2	mtr
Depth	8.2	mtr
Propulsion	Reciprocating triple expansion
Power	1,800	H.P.
Wrecked	05/08/1958 - Arosa Bay -- 13 dead

ABC - 6/August/1958

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