Chilean transport ship Angamos (1890) explained
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| Ship Country: | Chile | | Ship Name: | Angamos | | Ship Namesake: | Naval Battle of Angamos | | Ship Builder: | C. S. Swan & Hunter, Wallsend, Newcastle | | Ship Yard Number: | 158 | | Ship Launched: | 13 September 1890 | | Ship Christened: | Citta de Venezia | | Ship Renamed: | Spartan | | Ship Fate: | Foundered 6 July 1928 |
| Ship Tonnage: | 2,370 GRT | | Ship Length: | 390feet | | Ship Beam: | 14.30m | | Ship Depth: | 7.62m | | Ship Power: | 549 HP | | Ship Propulsion: | Triple Expansion built by Wallsend Slypway & E.C. Ltd., Newcastle | | Ship Speed: | 15 kn |
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The
Angamos was built in England for the "Fratelli Lavarello Fu G. B.", from Génova, under the name
Citta de Venezia. Later she was sold to William Ruys & Zonen, from Rotterdam and renamed
SpartanIn 1891, during the Chilean Civil War of 1891, she was sold to the Chilean government, renamed Angamos, but she arrived to Valparaíso in 1892, after the end of the war and was operated by the CSAV.
On 6 July 1928 she sailed bound for Talcahuano under Captain Ismael Suárez Maldonado as she sunk off Punta Morguillas -37.7°N -73.75°W, Lebu, Chile. 262 persons died, only 7 Persons could be rescued. It was the second biggest single-incident maritime losses of life in the history of Chile.
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