Chilean transport ship Angamos (1890)

Chilean transporter Angamos
History
Chile
Name	Angamos
Namesake	Naval Battle of Angamos
Builder	C. S. Swan & Hunter, Wallsend, Newcastle
Yard number	158
Launched	13 September 1890
Christened	Citta de Venezia
Renamed	Spartan
Fate	Foundered 6 July 1928
General characteristics
Tonnage	2,370 GRT
Length	390 feet (120 m)
Beam	14.30m
Depth	7.62m
Installed power	549 HP
Propulsion	Triple Expansion built by Wallsend Slypway & E.C. Ltd., Newcastle
Speed	15 kn

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 Spartan

In 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°42′0″S 73°45′0″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.

See also

• Chilean ship Cazador, the biggest single-incident maritime losses of life in the history of Chile

External links

• Chilean Navy website Angamos, transporte (2do)., retrieved on 15 August 2013
• Cueca de Hundimiento del Angamos
• Histamar Angamos
• Blog Hundimiento del Angamos : several reports about the sinking of the Angamos, in Spanish Language