ARTIGAS

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Freighter Built in 1911 by Bremer Vulkan Ship Building Co., Vegesack, Breman, Germany WIEGAND (Commercial Service) Owned and operated by Roland Linie Aktiengesellschaft of Bremen ARTIGAS (Commercial Service) Seized by Uruguayan authorities at Montevideo 14 September 1917 and renamed Bareboat chartered to United States Shipping Board (USSB), 24 May 1918 USS ARTIGAS (Cargo Ship) Acquired by the US Navy and commissioned 18 June 1918 at Montevideo, Uruguay Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) Decommissioned 4 January 1919 at New York and returned to the USSB ARTIGAS (Commercial Service) Owned by the Uruguayan government and operated by the USSB until 1927 Acquired in 1927 by the Tramp Shipping Development Co., Ltd. of London England ELIAS G. CULUCUNDIS (Commercial Service) Resold in 1927 to Elias G. Culucundis and Stephen C. Costomeni, Syra, Greece and renamed TENTERDEN (Commercial Service) Resold in 1929 to Furness Withy and Co., Ltd., London and renamed ELIAS G. CULUCUNDIS (Commercial Service) Resold in 1930 to Atlanticos Steam Ship Co. and Giorgilis Brothers of Piraeus, Greece and renamed ARGENTINA (Commercial Service) Renamed in 1932 Sold to A. Roussos, Syra, Greece, 1933 VALSOLE (Commercial Service) Sold in 1935 to Lloyd Mediterraneo - La Meridionale di Nav., Genoa, Italy and renamed TINA PRIMO (Commercial Service) Sold in 1936 to SA Giuseppe Bozzo Armamenti e Trasporti Marittima, Genoa and renamed Struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea off the east coast of Kent, United Kingdom. Struck two more mines while under tow and sank 18 March 1940.

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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USPO Machine Cancel Washington DC

1918-09-21

N/A

Passed By Censor (Aug 28 1918). This cover was mailed in Buenos Aries, Argentina (per letter enclosed, not shown) where she was undergoing repairs. From the Darrell Kinzler collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Jose Gervasio Artigas (sometimes seen as Fernando Jose Artigas), regarded as the father of modern Uruguay, was born in Montevideo about 19 June 1764, a scion of one of the leading families in that area of South America. Between 1811 and 1815, he led Uruguay's early efforts to attain independence from Spanish and Portuguese rule and eventually became that nation's first native-born governor. However, his authority was later undermined by intrigues fomented in nearby Buenos Aires and within his own followers, and he was forced to seek exile in nearby Paraguay in 1820. He took no part in the ultimate achievement of independence for his native country (1828) and refused to become, in his twilight years, a figurehead in the civil wars that ensued. Artigas died in exile, at Asuncion, Paraguay, on 23 September 1850, in comparative obscurity.

 

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