Yelcho (1906)
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The Yelcho was built in 1906 by the Scottish firm Geo. Brown and Co. of Greenock, on the River Clyde for towage and cargo service of the Chilean Sociedad Ganadera e Industrial Yelcho y Palena, Puerto Montt. In 1908 she was sold to the Chilean Navy and ordered to Punta Arenas as a tug and for periodic maintenance and supply of the lighthouses in that region.[1]
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The Yelcho | |
History | |
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Chile | |
Name | Yelcho |
Owner |
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Builder | George Brown & Company Greenock, Yard No 34, Engines by Muir & Houston, Glasgow |
Launched | 23 June 1906 |
Commissioned | 1908 (Navy) |
Decommissioned | 1945 (Navy) |
Reinstated | 1945-1958 as tender |
Honours and awards | Rescue of the Endurance crew of Ernest Henry Shackleton (1916) |
Fate | Scrapped 1965 |
Notes | Bow preserved in Puerto Williams |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 219 grt[1] |
Displacement | 467 t |
Length | 120 feet (37 m) |
Beam | 23 feet (7.0 m) |
Depth | 9.9 feet (3.0 m)[2] |
Installed power | 350 ihp |
Propulsion | compound steam engine by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow |
Speed | 10 knots |
Crew | 22 men |
Armament | 1 Hotchkiss 37mm Cannon |
Notes | There are two others Yelcho in the Chilean Navy, Chilean tug Yelcho (AGS-64) and Yelcho (1971). |
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