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F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
History United Kingdom Name El Argentino Namesake Spanish for "The Argentinian" Owner
Operator Furness, Houlder Argentine Lines Port of registry London Builder Fairfield Sb & Eng Co , Govan Yard number 629 Launched 11 January 1928 Completed April 1928 Identification
Fate Sunk by aerial bombing, 26 July 1943 General characteristics Type refrigerated cargo ship Tonnage 9,501 GRT , 6,023 NRT Length 431.3 ft (131.5 m ) Beam 64.5 ft (19.7 m ) Draught 29 ft 9 in (9.07 m ) Depth 35.4 ft (10.8 m ) Decks 3 Installed power 1,708 NHP , 6,400 bhp Propulsion
Speed 15 knots (28 km/h) Capacity 557,500 cubic feet (15,787 m 3 Crew 98 in WW2, including DEMS gunners Sensors and wireless direction finding Armament
as DEMS:
1 × 4-inch or 4.7-inch gun
1 × 12-pounder gun
10 × machine guns
Notes
MV El Argentino refrigerated cargo motor ship that was built in Scotland in 1920 and sunk by a German aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean in 1943.
Furness, Houlder Argentine Lines operated her throughout her career. This was a joint venture between Furness, Withy and Houlder Line to carry chilled and frozen meat and other produce from South America to the United Kingdom .
This was the company's second ship to be called El Argentino . The first was a steamship that was launched in 1907 and sunk by a German mine in 1916.[1]
Building and technical details [ edit ]
In 1925 the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company launched the refrigerated cargo ship Upwey Grange at its Govan shipyard for Houlder Line.[2] sister ships : Dunster Grange in 1927 for Houlder Line[3] El Argentino in 1928 for Furness, Houlder Argentine Lines.[4]
El Argentino was 431.3 ft (131.5 m ) long, her beam was 64.5 ft (19.7 m ) and her depth was 35.4 ft (10.8 m ). Her tonnages were 9,501 GRT and 6,023 NRT .[6] m 3 [7]
El Argentino had two screws . Each was driven by a Sulzer -type six-cylinder single-acting two-stroke diesel engine , built under licence by Fairfield. Between them the two engines were rated at 1,708 NHP [6] bhp .[4]
El Argentino ' s UK official number was 160405. Her code letters were LBNS[6] call sign GNQD. Also in 1934 her ownership was transferred to Furness, Withy, but Furness, Houlder Argentine Lines remained her managers.[8]
In the Second World War El Argentino was a defensively equipped merchant ship . By 1943 her armament comprised one 4-inch or 4.7-inch gun, one 12-pounder gun and ten machine guns.[9]
In July 1943 El Argentino left the Firth of Clyde in ballast , bound for Montevideo and Buenos Aires . She joined Convoy OS 52 / KMS 21, which left Liverpool on 19 July which was bound for Freetown in Sierra Leone .[9]
On 26 July a German Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor aircraft bombed El Argentino in the North Atlantic about 230 nautical miles (430 km ) northwest of Lisbon , sinking the ship and killing four members of her crew. 94 crew members and six passengers survived.
References [ edit ]
^ "Upwey Grange" . Scottish Built Ships . Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 2 February 2021 .
^ "Dunster Grange" . Scottish Built Ships . Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 2 February 2021 .
^ a b "El Argentino" . Scottish Built Ships . Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 2 February 2021 .
^ a b c "Steamers and Motorships". Lloyd's Register (PDF) . Vol. II. London: Lloyd's Register . 1930. Retrieved 2 February 2021 .
^ "List of vessels fitted with refrigerating appliances". Lloyd's Register (PDF) . Vol. I. London: Lloyd's Register . 1930. Retrieved 2 February 2021 .
^ "Steamers and Motorships". Lloyd's Register (PDF) . Vol. I. London: Lloyd's Register . 1934. Retrieved 2 February 2021 .
^ a b Hague, Arnold. "Convoy OS.52/KMS.21" . OS & OS/KMS Convoy Series . Don Kindell, Convoyweb. Retrieved 2 February 2021 .
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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in July 1943
Shipwrecks
2 Jul: Hoihow
3 Jul: U-126 U-628 LST-429
4 Jul: City of Venice
5 Jul: USS Strong , U-535
6 Jul: USS Helena , Erg Nagatsuki Niizuki
7 Jul: U-951
8 Jul: U-232 U-514
9 Jul: Samuel Heintzelman U-435 U-590
10 Jul: USS Maddox , USS Sentinel Alice F. Palmer
11 Jul: Flutto
12 Jul: HMS California , Duchess of York U-409 U-506 U-561
13 Jul: Acciaio USS Gwin , Jintsū Timothy Pickering U-487 U-607
14 Jul: I-179 U-160
15 Jul: U-135 U-509 U-759
16 Jul: U-67
17 Jul: Hatsuyuki
19 Jul: U-513
20 Jul: Kiyonami U-558 Yūgure
21 Jul: Empire Florizel U-662
22 Jul: Nisshin
23 Jul: U-527 U-598 U-613
24 Jul: U-459 U-622
25 Jul: Vaterland Weissesee Max Gundelach
26 Jul: El Argentino U-359
27 Jul: Hamburg I-168
28 Jul: Ariake Mikazuki U-159 U-404
29 Jul: Pietro Micca U-614
30 Jul: U-43 U-375 U-461 U-462 U-504 U-591
31 Jul: U-199
Unknown date: HMS Parthian , Ro-103 Ro-107 U-647 Sidney
Other incidents
1942 1943 1944 June 1943 August 1943
39°50′N 13°36′W / 39.833°N 13.600°W / 39.833; -13.600
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