Marina Mercante espanola (Spanish Merchant Navy). The new steamer “Manuel L. Villaverde”, built for the Compania Trasatlantica at Lobnitz & Co. shipyard in Renfrew (Scotland) and laid down in 1882. It was designed for navigation in the West Indian seas. It covered the commercial line of the Gulf of Mexico. After the war of 1898 it covered the Spanish Guinea line. In 1921 it ran aground and sank during a return journey to Spain, near the Ivory Coast. Drawing by Cortellini Sanchez. Engraving by Vela. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 8 March 1883.
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Marina Mercante espanola (Spanish Merchant Navy). The new steamer “Manuel L. Villaverde”, built for the Compania Trasatlantica at Lobnitz & Co. shipyard in Renfrew (Scotland) and laid down in 1882. It was designed for navigation in the West Indian seas. It covered the commercial line of the Gulf of Mexico. After the war of 1898 it covered the Spanish Guinea line. In 1921 it ran aground and sank during a return journey to Spain, near the Ivory Coast. Drawing by Cortellini Sanchez. Engraving by Vela. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 8 March 1883.

Date

1883

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Photo12/Universal Images Group

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UMG25A35_103

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Droits gérés

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Manuel Lucas Villaverde ship vessel Compania Trasatlantica Cortellini Sanchez Eugenio Vela Spain Spanish fleet engraving history smoke sea Antilles Antillean seas West Indian seas marine merchant fleet commercial fleet maritime naval navigation steam-powered 19th century steamboat Lobnitz Spanish Guinea Mexico

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