On 30th August 1916, at the fourth attempt at rescue, the Chilean vessel Yelcho, a tug built in Scotland in 1906 and sold to the Chilean Navy in 1908, sailed her way into the history books after partaking in the final act of a survival tale like no other as […]
Yelcho
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At first glance it’s nothing much to look at but the importance of this ship’s bow as a monument of remembrance cannot be understated – why? Because this happens to be a remnant of a tug built in Scotland and sold to the Chilean Navy in 1908 – it was […]