NUTRIA

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1933

Object NameTUG

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 100 3/12' x breadth 26 7/12' x depth 13 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 204 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001529

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 643
Official Number: 163428
Subsequent Name: TRIUNFADOR (1937).

Fate: still extant

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Tug, screw, steel. Bollard pull – 10.49 tons.

Owners:
12/1933: Registered at London by A. Holland & Co. Ltd., for delivery voyage.
1934: Registered at Buenos Aires for Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway Co. Ltd. (see note)
1937: Cia Argentina de Navegacion Milhanovich Ltda, Buenos Aires. Renamed TRIUNFADOR
1942: Cia Argentina de Navegacion Dodero, Buenos Aires.
Later owners Flota Argentina de Navegacion Ultramar, Buenos Aires.
1959: Flota Argentina de Navegacion Fluvial, Buenos Aires. Later retitled Empresa Flota Fluvial del Estado Argentino.
1980s: Maruba SCA.

General History:
21/11/1933: Launched.
15/12/1933: Dock trials. Left for Buenos Aires 21 December but returned due to bad weather on 22 and then sailed again that day.
21/12/1933: Sailed from Aberdeen for Buenos Aires.
22/12/1933: Put back due to bad weather and sailed again.
1990: Laid-up at Santa Fe, Argentina.

Notes: NUTRIA – Also known as the COPYPU, a fresh water rodent native to South America.
TRIUNFADOR – Winner or Conqueror (Spanish).
Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway Co. Ltd was a British Company running the southern railway in Argentina from 1864 to 1948.
British managers, Arthur Holland & Co. Ltd. ran the marine undertaking until 1937, when they withdrew and the tugs were sold.
1949: Admeasured at 213 g.r.t., 37 n.r.t.
Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 16” x 25” x 42” with 27” stroke, 127 n.h.p. by A.H.
Boiler: 1 S.B. oil fired; heating area (ft^2) 2256; diameter 15'; length 10'; furnaces 3 c.f.; pressure (p.s.i.) 180
single screw propeller.

See also:
History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=52659&vessel=NUTRIA
History: - http://www.histarmar.com.ar/BuquesMercantes/Marina%20Mercante%20Argentina/Remolcadores/Triunfador-1.htm
Histarmar plan for restoration - http://www.histarmar.org/Biblioteca/Tugboat%20Project%20Histarmar%20Foundation.pdf