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SS Aconcagua (1872)
SS ''Khedive Ismail'', formerly SS ''Aconcagua'', was a Steam turbine#Marine propulsion, turbine steamship that was built in 1922 as an ocean liner, converted into a Troopship, troop ship in 1940 and sunk by a Japanese submarine in 1944 with great loss of life. She was owned by the Chilean company CSAV 1922–1932, the Scottish Lord Ernest Hamilton, William Hamilton & Co (1932–35), the Kingdom of Egypt, Egyptian company KML 1935–1940 and the British Ministry of War Transport 1940–1944. ''Aconcagua'' In April 1920 the Chilean CSAV, Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores (CSAV) ordered a pair of passenger and cargo liners for service between Valparaíso and Port of New York and New Jersey, New York ''via'' the Panama Canal. Construction was delayed, the ships were not completed until the latter part of 1922, and CSAV lost money as a result. The first ship was launched on 11 February 1922 and completed in August. She was named ''Aconcagua'' after the Aconcagua mountain, the hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aconcagua
Aconcagua () is a mountain in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes mountain range, in Mendoza Province, Argentina. It is the highest mountain in the Americas, the highest outside Asia, and the highest in both the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere with a summit elevation of . It lies northwest of the provincial capital, the city of Mendoza, about from San Juan Province, and from Argentina's border with Chile. Aconcagua is one of the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on each of the seven continents. Aconcagua is bounded by the ''Valle de las Vacas'' to the north and east and the ''Valle de los Horcones Inferior'' to the west and south. The mountain and its surroundings are part of Aconcagua Provincial Park. The mountain has a number of glaciers. The largest glacier is the Ventisquero Horcones Inferior at about long, which descends from the south face to about in elevation near the Confluencia camp. Two other large glacier systems are the Ventisquero de l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
