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Photographer:
Stefan Niederer [ View profile ]
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Feb 6, 2013
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Ushuaia, Argentina
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Wrecks & Relics
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Apr 7, 2013
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Wreck of tugboat St. Christopher that came to rest in Bahia Ushuaia in 1953, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

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If you are interested, Wikipedia has further info on this ship under “HMS Justice (W-140)”.

Operational History of the Royal Navy HMS Justice (W-140) Rescue Tug
“ATR-20 was laid down by Camden Shipbuilding & Marine Railway Co., Camden, Maine, 20 January 1943; launched 18 October 1943; sponsored by Miss Joy D. Creyk; transferred to the United Kingdom under lendlease 24 April 1944; and commissioned as HMS Justice at Boston, Massachusetts, the same day, Lt. J. S. Allison, RNR, in command.
During the remainder of World War II, Justice served as a rescue tug in the Royal Navy. She reportedly served at the Normandy invasion in June 1944.
Justice was returned to the U.S. Navy on 20 March 1946 and re-designated BATR-20. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 3 July 1946 and sold 3 October 1947 to Leopoldo Simoncini of Buenos Aires as the Costa Rican-flagged St. Christopher. In 1953 she was chartered for salvage operations in Beagle Channel on the sunken Hamburg South America Line ocean liner SS Monte Cervantes along with several Argentine Navy vessels.
After suffering engine trouble and rudder damage in 1954, she was laid up at Ushuaia, Argentina. She was beached and abandoned there in 1957, and, in 2004, had her remaining fuel oil removed. As of 2016, St. Christopher is still grounded and abandoned at Ushuaia.”

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Thanks Roar

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Hello Stefan.
Remarkable condition after so many years.
Great shot.
Best regards,
Roar.

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Thanks for the additional info, Searaider.

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She was left there after the failure in refloating the German passenger ship Monte Cervantes. ATR-1 class tug.

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Yes, she is! I belive it's a tourist attraction, as they have put on a sign at the promenade. Maybe they put every year some paint on her hull. But she is clearly a wreck... I saw her also back in 2005. See here: http://sniederer.k-i-s.ch/2005.11/pages/image78.html

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In remarkable condition for a sixty year old wreck ?

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