Official No. 29632: Code Letters QGLK; Code Letters HBSJ.
Owners: William Nichol & Co (Dale Street) Liverpool; 1886 F Lopez Jofre, Valparaiso, Chile-renamed Don Fernando; 1891 Zanelli Hermados, Valparaiso, Chile-renamed Crispi; 1895 Alejo Ibarra, Ancud, Chilli-renamed Benilde; 1907 Soc Nacional de Buques I Maderas, Valparaiso, Chile; 1911-1914 Bromberg & Molina, Chile.
Masters: 1861 T Stanton; 1862 J Tanner; 1864-71 Wright; 1873 McDonald; 1875 Wright; 1876-77 Dinnie; 1878-79 Watts; 1880-82 J Murdoch; 1882-83 Day; 1884-85 R Pean; 1890-91 Jahnsen; 1894-1902 A Ibarra; 1907-09 F Oyarzo.
Voyages:
Stockton & Hartlepool Mercury, May 25th, 1861: Hartlepool, May 22 - Messrs. Denton and Co.'s newly launched ship Atacama sailed this afternoon's tide for Coquimbo.
1862 Hartlepool for South America; December 1863 arrived at Liverpool from Caldero.
At a Naval Court held at Callao Alexander Harvey, 2nd engineer aboard Atacama,was charged with insubordinate conduct towards John Campbell, chief engineer on 23 March 1873. The Court suspended Harvey’s certificate for 6 months, he was dismissed from the vessel & ordered to pay the cost of the Court.
Benilde disappears from Lloyd’s Register after 1914/1915.
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Atacama - a general history
