Margara - Collection C. Kleiss
Steaming up the River Nervión, already at Bilbao area.
      She was built in 1920 as Ville de Dannemarie. Only one year later she was sold and renamed Greatend. During the Civil War she was sunk at Valencia during a national air raid. In November 1938 she was refloated and delivered to Gerencia de Buques Incautados, being renamed Castillo Noreña.
      In 1942 she was transfered to Empresa Nacional Elcano. In 1960 she was bought by Vicente Suárez, and renamed Margara, name that she kept until scrapped in 1974.
Shipyard/Year J.I. Thornycroft / 1920
Dead Weight 2,200 MT
Gross Register 1,495 GRT
Lenght 77.0 mtr
Breadth 11.0 mtr
Depth 5.4 mtr
Propulsion Reciprocating triple expansion
Power 700 H.P.
Bought 1960 to
Owner E. N. Elcano
Scrapped 1974



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