PODEROSO tug 1911

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PODEROSO tug 1911

Post by aukepalmhof » Mon Feb 13, 2017 8:46 pm

On this stamp issued by Chile in 1939 which shows us the passenger liner CONTE BIANCAMANO http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewt ... nte#p13702 also a tug on the right is depict, she is the tug PODEROSO.

Built as a tug under yard No 69 by H&C Grayson Shipbuilders at Garston near Liverpool for the Pacific Steam Navigation Co, Liverpool.
27 May 1911 launched as the PODEROSO (powerful).
Tonnage 285 gross, 156 net, dim. 37.80 x 7.60 x 4.65m,. (draught).
One triple expansion steam engine manufactured by Crabtree & Co. Ltd., Yarmouth U.K., 650 hp, one shaft, speed 8 knots.
July 1911 completed.

September 1911 arrived at Valparaiso, Chile. Used there as a harbour and seagoing tug at the coast of Chile.
1951 Sold to Carlos Prochelle Grochmer, Valparaiso, not renamed.
1957 Acquired by Guillermo y Luis Prochelle, Valparaiso, not renamed.
19? Operated by Kenrick & Cia. Ltda, Valparaiso.
26 June 1972 sold to Vendido a Kenrick & Cia. Ltda, Valparaiso, not renamed.
1990 Declared a historical monument.
1988 Out of service in Valparaiso
18 June 1994 towed to Talcahuano
20 February 1995 a floating monument and museum at Trabaja Maritimo, Talcahuano and renamed RAM PODEROSO.
27 February 2010 during an earthquake off the coast of Chile and the following tsunami which throws the RAM PODEROSO at Talcahuano on the shore where after she capsized.
2017 I believe she is still there in the same position, there are plans to salvage the tug.

Chile 1939 2p sg338h, scott?
Source Wikipedia and http://www.histarmar.com.ar
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