Pictures of Liners in Vigo

[FILIPVS]

Vigo is an important port from many centuries ago. Very famous ships anchored and berthed here.

I am collecting all pictures of these ships but I am specially interested in the old liners...

I think that many members of the forum may be interested in see some of their favourite ships in rare pictures that are difficult or impossible to found in books or in the web...
And I am very interested in obtain all information that you can suply... So all comments are wellcome


This is a picture where the ship name and year was not logged...
but I think is the british ss"Mooltan" or any sister ship of P&O.
The ship looks painted all of dark colour... Wartime?

[FILIPVS]

This picture was taken in Vigo about 1920:

She is the french liner ss <<FRANCE>>(2), builded in 1912 for the French Line, and sold to breakers in 1935. She was mainly employed in the route Le Havre-New York.

She was the first french big liner; entering in service only 4 days later of Titanic tragedy, she had enough lifeboats for all passengers from the first stage of her design.

This ship had a speed of 25 knots, only improved by Mauretania and Lusitania.

During the WW1 she was used as troop transport and hospital ship.

She was the most succesful liner of France... This is my own opinion(Scribe)

[Trader]

Great photos Filipvs. I love to see pictures of old ships.

Alec.

[FILIPVS]

Great photos Filipvs. I love to see pictures of old ships.

Alec.

Thank you:
This photos I think are rather rare and may be of great interest for people like us that like these type of ships...
If any member of this forum has pictures of ships in Vigo... they would be very apreciated(*))


This is other british liner;
the Royal Mail Line's ss "Arlanza" departing from Vigo.

[KenLin39]

Vigo is an important port from many centuries ago. Very famous ships anchored and berthed here.

I am collecting all pictures of these ships but I am specially interested in the old liners...

I think that many members of the forum may be interested in see some of their favourite ships in rare pictures that are difficult or impossible to found in books or in the web...
And I am very interested in obtain all information that you can suply... So all comments are wellcome


This is a picture where the ship name and year was not logged...
but I think is the british ss"Mooltan" or any sister ship of P&O.
The ship looks painted all of dark colour... Wartime?

Mooltan and Maloja were sisters of P & O. Your photo shows one in normal livery of the time with black funnels and hull with white band derricks masts and all superstructure was a rusty brown colour, painted white in later years. Photo of Mantua 1909 shows early colour scheme.

[FILIPVS]

Mooltan and Maloja were sisters of P & O. Your photo shows one in normal livery of the time with black funnels and hull with white band derricks masts and all superstructure was a rusty brown colour, painted white in later years. Photo of Mantua 1909 shows early colour scheme.

Thank you KenLin...
Do you know what year could be the picture aproximately?



These other pictures are of the SS "ALCANTARA" (1927-1958) of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, during a call in Vigo to take passengers (emigrants).

At the beggining this ship had two funnels. So in these pictures the ship had some years...
She had a sister ship called ASTURIAS, and both were employed in the route to South America from Uk.

Regards

[Dickyboy]

Thank you:
This photos I think are rather rare and may be of great interest for people like us that like these type of ships...
If any member of this forum has pictures of ships in Vigo... they would be very apreciated(*))


This is other british liner;
the Royal Mail Line's ss "Arlanza" departing from Vigo.
What is causing the smoke? It appears to be coming from the ship.

[john g]

What is causing the smoke? It appears to be coming from the ship.

Bad combustion in the boilers I think......easily done when manouvering

[FILIPVS]

Bad combustion in the boilers I think......easily done when manouvering

John... you are talking about ALCANTARA picture and dickboy is asking for the ARLANZA.

So I think the smoke is steam... (Smoke)

[Dickyboy]

Yeah I was referring to Arlanza. No smoke midships, or from the funnel. Would such a ship have a steam or smoke discharge from any other place but the funnel? Unless something broke on deck?

[FILIPVS]

Yeah I was referring to Arlanza. No smoke midships, or from the funnel. Would such a ship have a steam or smoke discharge from any other place but the funnel? Unless something broke on deck?

I think that part of auxiliary machinery was moved by steam (windlasses, pumps, compressors, fans...).
So in the engine room the boilers always were producing steam and sending it to deck.
Part of this steam, when not needed, was discharged as showed in the picture.

[Dickyboy]

I think that part of auxiliary machinery was moved by steam (windlasses, pumps, compressors, fans...).
So in the engine room the boilers always were producing steam and sending it to deck.
Part of this steam, when not needed, was discharged as showed in the picture.

I think you are right, I'll bet the engineers wouldn't have been too happy about losing so much steam (Water) in the days before evaporators.

[FILIPVS]

These are 4 courious pictures.
Here we see the german ships WILHELM GUSTLOFF and the ROBERT LEY.

The history of these vessels is a very interesting reading.

These pictures were taken in Vigo about 1939, at the end of the Spanish Civil War. The vessels arrived here to pick up the german soldiers sent by Hitler to support to Franco (Condor Legion).

The two vessels departed from Vigo with Hamburg as next port of call.

[FILIPVS]

More liners visiting Vigo...
but I do not know the name!!
May somebody identify this ship?
I guess she is british...
Probably ss ALCANTARA?

[A.D.FROST]

More liners visiting Vigo...
but I do not know the name!!
May somebody identify this ship?
I guess she is british...
Probably ss ALCANTARA?

ALCANTARA or ASTURIAS(Thumb)