Monday, 24 March 2025

Chilean barquentine Esmeralda 1946-

Valparaiso, Chile 3 March 2025

Chile-flagged, IMO 8642799, MMSI 7250109006 and call sign CCES. Originally to be built as a Spanish national ship. Ordered on 30 May 1946, building started by Echevarrieta y Larrinaga, Cadiz, Spain in 1946, after being harassed by problems causing severe damage was the shipyard in 1947 nearly bankrupt, the building was stopped, negotiations between Spain and Chile dealing with never paid debts by Spain resulted in a transfer of her, building continued, launched on 15 June 1954 and delivered as a 4 mast topsail schooner on 15 June 1954.

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