Chilean ship Micalvi
{{Short description|Auxiliary vessel of the Chilean Navy}}
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The Micalvi was an auxiliary vessel of the Chilean Navy.
Career
Built by Ostseewerft in Frauendorf, now Golęcino, as the Bragi in 1925. She was used as a merchant vessel on the Baltic Sea. In 1926 she was sold to O.A. Müller, Hamburg, and renamed Bostonlines.
In 1928 she was sold to the Chilean Navy and sailed from Europe with a cargo of ammunition for the battleship Almirante Latorre, after arrival she was due to be broken up, but, like the Majestic, she was refitted as a supply vessel for the Punta Arenas region, where she gave service to the colonists in sparsely inhabited areas, especial Tortel and Navarino Island.
=Snipe incident=
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In 1958 the Micalvi crew built a lighthouse on the islet Snipe to improve the navigation on the Beagle Channel. The beacon of the lighthouse was installed on 1 May and it triggered the Snipe incident. The Argentine Navy shelled the Chilean beacon and disembarked an infantry company in the uninhabited islet.
Museum ship
Micalvi was decommissioned in 1961, and then used as pontoon. She was anchored in Puerto Williams in 1961 and declared as an historical ship and museum. Since 2007 used as clubhouse and restaurant in the local yacht harbour.On Deck sailing [http://blog.mailasail.com/ondeck/10 Puerto Williams]
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|1=http://www.micalvi.net/}}
- Chilean Navy website, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140222201637/http://www.armada.cl/prontus_armada/site/artic/20090708/pags/20090708191917.html Micalvi, transporte (2do)]
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