Príncipe de Asturias (ocean liner)
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Príncipe de Asturias was a steam ocean liner, built in Scotland for the Spanish Naviera Pinillos. She was launched in 1914 and wrecked in 1916 with the loss of at least 445 lives. She was the sister ship of Pinillos' 8,170 GRT Infanta Isabel, which was launched in 1912.
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Príncipe de Asturias | |
History | |
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Spain | |
Name | Príncipe de Asturias |
Namesake | Prince of Asturias |
Owner | Naviera Pinillos |
Port of registry | Cádiz |
Route | Barcelona – Buenos Aires |
Builder | Russell & Co, Port Glasgow |
Yard number | 663 |
Launched | 30 April 1914 |
Maiden voyage | 16 August 1914 |
Fate | Ran aground & sank 5 March 1916 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 8,371 GRT |
Length | 460 ft (140 m) |
Beam | 58.2 ft (17.7 m) |
Height | 93 ft (28 m)[citation needed] |
Installed power | 8,000 horsepower[clarification needed] |
Propulsion | two quadruple-expansion steam engines, two screws |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
Capacity | 1,890 |
Crew | 200 |
Notes | sister ship: Infanta Isabel |
Príncipe de Asturias was the last ocean liner to be built in the United Kingdom for a Spanish shipping line. Thereafter the Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval (SECN) developed its shipyards to meet the Spanish merchant fleet's need for larger and more modern ships.[1]
The ship was named after the Prince of Asturias, the title of the heir apparent to the Spanish Crown. She is one of several ships to have been called Príncipe de Asturias. Others include a 44-gun frigate sunk in 1721, the former Acacia-class sloop HMS Iris, which was converted into a merchant ship in 1920 and sank in 1930, and the Spanish aircraft carrier Príncipe de Asturias, which was launched in 1982 and sold for scrap in 2015.