Chilean transport ship Angamos (1890)

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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

Chilean transporter Angamos
History
Chile
NameAngamos
NamesakeNaval Battle of Angamos
BuilderC. S. Swan & Hunter, Wallsend, Newcastle
Yard number158
Launched13 September 1890
ChristenedCitta de Venezia
RenamedSpartan
FateFoundered 6 July 1928
General characteristics
Tonnage2,370 GRT
Length390 feet (120 m)
Beam14.30m
Depth7.62m
Installed power549 HP
PropulsionTriple Expansion built by Wallsend Slypway & E.C. Ltd., Newcastle
Speed15 kn

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 / 37.70000°S 73.75000°W / -37.70000; -73.75000 (Angamos), 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.[citation needed]

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