Ramón Alonso R.
| History | |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Archibald McMillan & Son |
| Yard number | 353 |
| Launched | 22 February 1898 |
| Completed | 1898 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold for scrap in 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type |
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| Tonnage | 3,794 GRT, 2,458 NRT |
| Length | 370.0 ft (112.8 m) |
| Beam | 46.0 ft (14.0 m) |
| Depth | 25.8 ft (7.9 m) |
| Installed power | 339 NHP |
| Propulsion | triple-expansion engine |
| Crew | in 1913: 55 |
Ramón Alonso R. was a merchant steamship that was built in Scotland in 1898 and scrapped in Spain in 1959. Its original name was Montclair. It was renamed José Gallart in 1901, Balmes in 1911 and Ramón Alonso R. in 1929. Its first owner was the British Elder Dempster Lines, but it spent most of its career with a succession of Spanish owners. It was built as a transatlantic ocean liner with some cargo capacity, but in 1927 it was refitted as a cargo ship. In 1913, when it was called Balmes, the ship survived a serious cargo fire in mid-Atlantic.