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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| BUENOS AYRES |
20547 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1857 |
04/12/1857 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| River Steamer Passenger/Cargo
| Iron Paddle Steamer 2 masts Schooner |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Blackwood & Gordon, Paisley |
Cartvale SB Yard |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 94 grt / 59 nrt / |
103.0 ft |
19.3 ft |
7.0 ft |
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| Engine builder |
Blackwood & Gordon, Paisley |
| Engine detail |
| 2cyl 60nhp 8-9kn |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Messrs Rodger, Liverpool |
Liverpool |
31/12/1857 |
| Other names |
| 1858 BUENOS AIRES |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
1858 Bert y Hermanos, Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires flag
1858 Buenos Aires Navy
1860 Esteban Señorans, Buenos Aires
1861 Argentine flag
1863 Argentine Navy |
| Vessel history |
1/1858 left Clyde for River Plate under sail, with engine dismantled and carried in the hold
25/1/1858 towed into Milford Haven, leaking after part of false keel knocked away.
24/4/1858 arrived Buenos Aires - engines fitted at Riachuelo
1858 at Buenos Aires: 100t(displ?) 34.3 x 6.30 x 2.75m (draught 1.1m)
1858 taken up by Buenos Aires Navy and armed with two canon and two swivel-guns; patrolled rivers Uruguay and Paraná (the State of Buenos Aires had seceded from the Argentine Confederation in 1852).
5/1859 participated in the blockade and bombardment of Rosario. Later retreated to Buenos Aires after the Battle of Cepeda
1863 requisitioned by the Argentine Navy to serve as a transport in the Paraguay Wars; involved in the recovery of the city of Corrientes and the Battle of Itapirú; in 1866 served at Paso de la Patria
1/2/1867 sank after collision with British steamer GUARANI (320g/1865 Harland & Wolff, Belfast) and later raised
1868 in service at surrender at Boca de Riachuelo
1870 involved in suppression of the Jordanista Rebellion at Entre Rios. |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1870 |
Fire 25/01/1870 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Fire broke out while carrying 750 troops - all were saved and landed on Isla del Vizcaíno. Ship was destroyed and remains sold at public auction |
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