History
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RETURN
TO THE HOMEPAGE
S.S. PRESIDENTE PERON 1949
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Compania
Argentina de Navegacion Dodero (Dodero Line) commenced Buenos Aires to
London passenger voyages in 1949 with the newly built S.S. Presidente
Peron and followed this in 1950 with the sister ships S.S. Eva Peron
and the S.S. 17 De Octubre. The same year, passenger
services between Buenos Aires, Vigo, Amsterdam and Hamburg commenced. A
service between B.A., Rio de Janeiro, Las Palmas, Lisbon, Barcelona,
Marseilles, Naples and Genoa with southbound calls at Montevideo soon
followed. Service
Years (1949-1973): The
Presidente Peron was built in 1949 by Vickers Armstrong Ltd, Barrow in
Furness for Dodero Line. She embodied the latest technical developments
for safety, comfort, efficiency and speed and was specially designed
for the new Argentine service between South America and Europe. She was
a handsome ship and carrying only 74 first class passengers in
luxurious accommodations and with magnificent air conditioned public
rooms exuded the air and luxury of private yacht travel. She was named
after President Juan Peron and the Dodero Line ships were frequented by
his elite. In 1955 the dictatorship of Juan Peron was overthrown. After the
fall of the Peron Government, the Dodero Line ceased operations and
management of the fleet passed to Flota Argentina de Navegaceon de
Ultramar (FANU). The Presidente Peron was renamed as Argentina. In 1962
FANU and the Flota Mercante del Estado merged to form Empresa Lineas
Maritimas Argentinas (ELMA) who took over the passenger services. The
Genoa route was discontinued in 1969 and passenger services to London
in 1967 and the ships converted to cargo carriers. A service to New
York also operated between 1950 and 1962. The Hamburg route was ended
in 1972. The former Presidente Peron stopped carrying passengers in
1966 and was converted into a cargo ship. In 1969 she was laid up in
Rosario. Then in 1973 she was scrapped in Campana. |
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