Compañía Trasatlántica Española

Satrustegui         In this two photos the Satrustegui is shown before and after a full rebuilt, which besides the change of colour we can see the change of funnel, the change in the forecastle line, changes in the forward of the accomodation, etc.

Virginia de Churruca         In these two photos the Virginia de Churruca is shown before and after a full rebuilt similar to the carried out on Satrustegui, and we can see similar changes.         These two ships started their service in the America lines on 1952. These two postcards show her with the original colours

Guadalupe         The Guadalupe and Covadonga were part of the Monasterios serie together with another four vessels bought by Naviera Aznar. They were the last two vessels in the serie.         They were passenger and cargo ships, and her main specifications were:             Length: 148.5 mtr      Beam: 18.92 mtr      Depth: 12.1 mtr     Draft: 7.61 mtr             Propulsion: Diesel engine Sulzer SD - 7,300 HP - 10 Cylinders x 720 mm bore x 1,250 mm stroke             Speed: 17.5 knots             Their 349 passenger capacity was split: 105 in First Class and 244 in Second.             On this photo she is in the Mississippi river on the early 70s. Built in year: 1952 Passengers: 349 Shipyard: Naval de Sestao GRT: 10,226 Original name: Monasterio de Guadalupe NRT: 8,023 Home port: Barcelona DWT: 8,500 Registry number: 397 Displacement: 14,800

Covadonga         The Covadonga was the last vessel in the Monasterios serie and the only one not built in the Naval of Sestao.         If closely observed can be seen that the after part was different, in the Covadonga the bridge superstructure was linked to the poop one.         This photo and the next showed her in the Mississippi river on the early 70s.         They were sailing for twenty years in the line Spain-United States-Cuba-Mexico until scrapped on 1973. Built in year: 1953 Passengers: 349 Shipyard: Euskalduna GRT: 10,226 Original name: Monasterio de la Rábida NRT: 8,023 Home port: Barcelona DWT: 8,500 Registry number: 400 Displacement: 14,800

Montserrat         The Montserrat was built on 1945 in Los Angeles as a class Victory cargo vessel and named Wooster Victory. She was bought by Sitmar Line (Italia) which converted her in a passanger ship and renamed her Castel Verde, increasing the GRT to 9,008 and her capacity to 900 passengers. She was bought by Trasatlantica on 1957.         On the first photo is like when bought. In this one after painted in black, like all the company's vessels. Also the funnel was modified with a telescopic tube, to improve the smoke dispersion. After upgrading the accomodation she had capacity for 830 passangers.         On 1970 after a big repairing in Curaçao she was again painted in white. The funnel was modified and painted in ocher, with the company's flag on it. She was the only ship with this look. She was scrapped on 1973.

Begoña         The Begoña was built in Baltimore on 1945, also as a class Victory cargo ship, and named Vassar Victory.         On 1947 was also bought by Sitmar Line which converted her in a passanger vessels with capacity for 480 passangers and renamed her Castelbianco.         On 1952 was converted again and increased her size to 10.139 GRT with capacity for 1,200 passangers and renamed Castel Bianco. On 1957 was bought by Trasatlántica which modified her to 940 passangers capacity. Her GRT and passengers capacity was bigger than the Montserrat because this modification included building an extra deck.         For both vessels the original GRT was 7,604. During their whole life their length was 138.7 mtr and their beam 18.9 mtr         The propulsion was by turbines, with 6,600 HP. In the Begoña they were Westinghouse, and in the Montserrat they were Allis Chalmers. They had only one propeller, and the speed was around 16 knots.         This photo, shot in Vigo, shows very well the poop.         This very nice photo was shot in Santa Cruz de La Palma.         After many years sailing in the America lines she was scrapped in Castellón on October 1974, being the last passengers vessel of the company.      AM © 2002-2012