Yelcho (1906 tug)
Yelcho | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Chile | |
| Name | Yelcho |
| Owner |
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| Builder | George Brown & Company Greenock, Yard No 34, Engines by Muir & Houston, Glasgow |
| Launched | 23 June 1906 |
| Commissioned | 1908 (Navy) |
| Decommissioned | 1945 (Navy) |
| Reinstated | 1945-1958 as tender |
| Honours and awards | Rescue of the Endurance crew of Ernest Henry Shackleton (1916) |
| Fate | Scrapped 1965 |
| Notes | Bow preserved in Punta Arenas |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 219 GRT |
| Displacement | 467 t |
| Length | 120 ft (37 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Depth | 9.9 ft (3.0 m) |
| Installed power | 350 ihp (260 kW) |
| Propulsion | compound steam engine by Muir & Houston Ltd, Glasgow |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Crew | 22 men |
| Armament | 1 Hotchkiss 37 mm cannon |
| Notes | There are two other Yelchos in the Chilean Navy, Chilean tug Yelcho (AGS-64) and Yelcho (1971). |
Yelcho was built in 1906 by the Scottish firm Geo. Brown and Co. of Greenock, on the River Clyde for towage and cargo service of the Chilean Sociedad Ganadera e Industrial Yelcho y Palena, Puerto Montt. In 1908 she was sold to the Chilean Navy and ordered to Punta Arenas as a tug and for periodic maintenance and supply of the lighthouses in that region.