The Fleets
This page covers Compañia Argentina de Navegación Dodero / Empresa Lineas Maritimas Argentinas.
The company commenced Buenos Aires to London passenger voyages in 1949 with the newly built PRESIDENTE PERON and followed this in 1950 with the EVA PERON and the 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.
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). 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.
Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data. The following list was extracted from various sources. This is not an all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide.
Ships
| Name | Built | Additional Information | GRT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 de Octubre | 1950 | 1955 renamed Libertad, 1974 laid up at Villa Consitucion, 1975 scrapped at Campana. | 12,634 |
| Alberto Dodero | 1951 | 1969 sold to Transportes Oceanicos, Buenos Aires renamed Cormoran, converted to livestock transporter, 1974 sold to Singapore. | 11,521 |
| Argentina | see Presidente Peron. | ||
| Corrientes | 1941 | ex- HMS Tracker, 1949 purchased from Royal Navy, converted to passenger ship and renamed Corrientes, 1964 arrived at Lisbon with serious machinery damage and scrapped at Antwerp. | 12,053 |
| Eva Peron | 1950 | 1955 renamed Uruguay, 1967 converted to cargo ship, 1969 laid up at Rosario, 1973 scrapped at San Pedro. | 12,627 |
| Evita | see Rio Tunuyan. | ||
| Libertad | see 17 de Octubre. | ||
| Maipu | 1951 | 4th Nov.1951 sank near Weser lightship after collision with U.S. transport GENERAL M. L. HERSEY with no loss of life. | 11,515 |
| Presidente Peron | 1949 | 1955 renamed Argentina, 1966 converted to cargo ship, 1969 laid up at Rosario, 1973 scrapped at Campana. | 12,459 |
| Rio de la Plata | 1950 | 19th Nov.1964 destroyed by fire while uner repair at Buenos Aires, 1968 scrapped. | 11,317 |
| Rio Jachal | 1950 | 1962 badly damaged by fire at New York, temporarily repaired and laid up at Buenos Aires, 1968 again badly damaged by fire, 1970 scrapped. | 11,342 |
| Rio Tunuyan | 1951 | 1952 renamed Evita, 1955 reverted to Rio Tunuyan, 1972 laid up at Villa Contitucion. | 11,317 |
| Salta | 1942 | ex- HMS Shah, 1949 purchased from Royal Navy, converted to passenger ship and renamed Salta, 1964 laid up at Buenos Aires, 1966 acrapped. | 12,053 |
| Uruguay | see Eva Peron. | ||
| Yapeyu | 1951 | 1969 sold to Transportes Oceanicos, Buenos Aires renamed Petrel, converted to livestock transporter, 1974 sold to Singapore renamed Cremona, 1976 renamed Iran Cremona. | 11,450 |