MV Monte Penedo

Cargo vessel Monte Penedo was the first German sea-going diesel-engined motor vessel. Seized by the Brazilian Government in 1917 and renamed Sabara, she operated various routes from Brazil. From 1948 until scrapping in 1969 she was named Ascanio Coelho.

History
Germany
Name:
  • Monte Penedo
  • 1917: Sabara
  • 1948: Ascanio Coelho
Namesake: Monte Penedo
Builder: Howaldswerke, Kiel
Yard number: 546
Launched: 7 February 1912
Completed: 12 August 1912
Commissioned: 12 August 1912
Fate: broken up December 1969
General characteristics
Class and type: General cargo vessel
Tonnage: 3,693 GRT
Length: 350 ft (110 m)
Beam: 50 ft (15 m)
Draught: 26 ft (7.9 m)
Installed power:
  • to 1948: 2 x 4-cyl Sulzer Winterthur 4S47 diesel engines (850 hp each @ 160 rpm)
  • from 1948: 2 x 7-cyl Sulzer 7TS36 diesel engines (1,050 hp each @ 250 rpm)
  • Auxiliary engines: 2 x 3H50 four-stroke (total 100 hp @ 425 rpm).
Propulsion: 2 x screws
Speed: 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)

History

Monte Penedo was launched two years after Dutch tanker Vulcanus and one year after Danish MS Selandia, both claimed to be the world's first ocean-going diesel ship.[1]

Following a transatlantic crossing from Hamburg (non-stop from Lisbon to Paranaguá, Brazil), cracks were found in several pistons of Monte Penedo's engines.[2] As a precaution, all the pistons were replaced in Buenos Aires. During the subsequent thirty-day voyage from Rosario to Hamburg in February 1914, the engines worked without fault. On inspection, the engines showed no problems and no appreciable wear. Average fuel consumption was 7,200 kg per 24 hours.[2] The International Marine Engineering magazine, Vol 18 (1913), has a report from Sulzer Brothers refuting rumours of an unsatisfactory engine.

From 1914 to 1917, the German-flagged vessel took shelter at Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, to avoid capture by Allied forces. In 1917, she was seized by the Brazilian Government and renamed Sabara. From 1922, she was managed by Lloyd Brasilieiro, and eventually purchased by them in 1927.

Sabara does not appear in any convoy records during World War II. During 1948, she was renamed Ascanio Coelho. She was broken up in Rio de Janeiro during December 1969.[2]

Layout

Monte Penedo was initially fitted with two Sulzer 4S47 two-stroke crosshead diesel engines. These were replaced in 1949 with new Sulzer 7TS36 diesel engines.[2]

Service

The Companhia de Navegacao Lloyd Brasileiro (Patrimonio Nacional) operated routes from several Brazilian ports including:

  • Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Corumba, Lisbon, Vigo, Havre, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg;
  • Santo, Rio de Janeiro, New York, Hampton Roads, Baltimore;
  • Rio de Janeiro, New Orleans;
  • Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Manaus

Footnotes
  1. "Vulcanus v Selandia" (PDF). SWZ Maritime. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  2. "MV Monte Penedo". Sulzer powered ships. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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