Trasmediterránea
Page 1: Trasmed Passenger Ships
This is the first in a series of pages devoted to postcards and photographs of Trasmediterránea.
An alphabetical list of ships
shown on this page is shown below.
The Table
beneath gives links to complete history pages on selected individual ships. Below the table is a
Fleet List
in chronological order.
Other Trasmediterranea Pages:-
Page 2
,
Page 3
,
Page 4
On 1st January 1917, José Juan Dómine, Vicente Ferrer, Joaquín Tintoré and Enrique García created a new company by joining together their respective shipping companies. Thus the Trasmediterránea Company was born, with a share capital of 100 million pesetas and 45 ships. Its headquarters, built in the same year, were situated on the Via Layetana in Barcelona. Other offices were opened in Madrid, Valencia, Alicante, Seville and the Canary Islands. In the first 5 years, the fleet's value had risen from 46 to 111 million pesetas. In April 1923, the General Board decided to move the registered address to Madrid, although the operations offices remained in Barcelona.
The political change due to the setting up of the Republic, in April 1931, had an immediate effect on the Trasmediterránea fleet's nomenclature. Those ships which sported names of members of the Royal Family and monarchical politicians were ordered to change their names by government decree and Trasmediterránea agreed to give them names of cities. With the outbreak of civil war in 1936, the Company's address moved once more, this time to Cádiz. For three years, the fleet was dispersed across both sides of the conflict, and many ships were lost, sunk or run aground. Once the civil war was over, Trasmediterránea began an ambitious rebuilding programme of its fleet.
From 1955 and for the next 10 years, the sisterships
Ciudad de Barcelona
and
Ciudad de Burgos
alternated on the Balearic routes. Car ferries had been introduced on the Algeciras-Ceuta route in 1951, but were not built for the Canaries and Balearic routes until the Albatros Class of 1966. The fleet was replaced again from the mid-1970s with the elegant Canguro Class, some of which are still in service.
Modernisation of the Trasmediterránea fleet began in 1980 when the Jetfoil
Princesa Voladora
entered service in the Canaries. Having a jetfoil in the Canaries was important as it introduced a 80 minute maritime shuttle service between the two Canary capitals: Las Palmas & Santa Cruz. This vessel had a big effect on Canary Island society, raising its quality, and Trasmediterránea consequently decided to buy two more Jetfoil ships in the following two years,
Princesa Guayarmina
and
Princesa Guacimara
. In the summer of 1987, a third route was added to Morro Jable (Fuerteventura).
Since 1990, the fleets have been replaced again with modern multi-purpose, ro-pax and ro-ro ferries, whilst vehicle-carrying fast catamarans and monohull ferries have been used since 1995.
Ships on This Page:-
Ciudad de Barcelona (1)
(1931-36)
- ex-Infante Don Jaime
Ciudad de Barcelona (2)
(1956-??)
Ciudad de Burgos
(1955-??)
Ciudad de Cadiz
(1951-??)
Ciudad de Grenada
(1960-??)
Ciudad de Huesca
(1954-??)
Ciudad de Ibiza
(19??-??)
Ciudad de Palma (1)
(1931-??)
- ex-Principe Alfonso
Ciudad de Sevilla
(1931-65)
- ex-Infanta Beatriz
Ciudad de Tarifa
(1961-??)
Ciudad de Teruel
(1955-??)
Ciudad de Valencia
(1931-??)
- ex-Infante Don Gonzalo
Ernesto Anastasio
(1955-??)
Infanta Beatriz
(1927-31)
- later Ciudad de Sevilla
Infante Don Gonzalo
(1930-31)
- later Ciudad de Valencia
Infante Don Jaime
(1929-31)
- later Ciudad de Barcelona
Principe Alfonso
(1928-31)
- later Ciudad de Palma
Santa Maria de la Candelaria
(1967-??)
Santa Maria de la Paz
(1967-??)
Santa Maria de la Caridad
(1967-??)
Santa Maria de la Nieves
(1967-??)
Santa Maria del Pino
(1967-??)
Tiede
(1925-31)
Victoria
(1951-??)
Virgen de Africa
(1951-??)
Associated Pages:-
Trasmediterránea - Page 1
- Passenger Ships
- This Page!
Trasmediterránea - Page 2
- Vehicle Ferries up to 1990
Trasmediterránea - Page 3
- Vehicle Ferries from 1990-
Trasmediterránea - Page 4
- Fast Ferries
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Cruise Ship Postcards
Ocean Liner Postcards
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Table of Complete Ship Histories
Name
Other names
Built
Antonio Lazaro
Logos II
1968
Villa de Agaete
Floria, Carmen del Mare
1970
Vincente Puchol
Arkadia, Arcadia, Angelina Lauro
1968
Trasmed Fleet List - Page 1
Tiede (1925-31)
Teide
was built in 1895 for North German Lloyd as
Crefeld,
then went to Transatlantica in 1918 as
Espana (4)
before going to Trasmediterranea in 1925.
Teide
operated on the Fernando Po line. She was wrecked in 1932 at Bata, Spanish Guinea. Tonnage was 3829grt.
Official postcard of
Tiede
.
Infanta Beatriz (1927-31)
Ciudad de Sevilla (1931-65)
Photograph of
Ciudad de Sevilla
.
Ciudad de Ibiza (1947-78)
Ciudad de Ibiza
was built as the
Esbjerg
for DFDS Harwich-Esbjerg services in 1929. She hit a mine in 1945, and was sold to Trasmediterránea, in 1947 and rebuilt for Mediterranean services. She was withdrawn in 1978.
Ciudad de Ibiza
at Palma de Mallorca.
Postcard of
Ciudad de Ibiza
at Puerto de Mahon.
Ciudad de Ibiza
at Puerto de Mahon.
(enlarged view from the postcard above)
Principe Alfonso (1928-31)
Ciudad de Palma (1931-??)
Built in Italy in 1929 as
Principe Alfonso
, and renamed
Ciudad de Palma
in 1931
Ciudad de Palma
at Palma de Mallorca.
Ciudad de Palma
at Palma de Mallorca.
Infante Don Jaime (1929-31)
Ciudad de Barcelona (1931-36)
Built in Italy in 1929 as
Infante Don Jaime
, and renamed
Ciudad de Barcelona
in 1931, she was torpedoed and lost during the civil war in 1936.
Official Trasmediterránea postcard of
Infante Don Jaime
.
Ciudad de Barcelona
at Palma de Mallorca.
Infante Don Gonzalo (1930-31)
Ciudad de Valencia (1931-??)
Ciudad de Cadiz (1951-??)
Ernesto Anastasio (1955-80)
Ciudad de Cadiz:- 6514 grt - 120m long - 18 knots - 200 passengers
Ernesto Anastasio:- 7295 grt - 120m long - 18 knots - 200 passengers
Two fast passenger/cargo ships built 1967 by Union Naval de Levante, Valencia, for services to the Canary Islands, route Barcelona-Malaga-Cadiz-Las Palmas/Santa Cruz.
Ernesto Anastasio
was wrecked off the Spanish coast on the 24th of April 1980, with no lives lost.
Ciudad de Cadiz
at Barcelona.
Trasmediterránea postcard of
Ciudad de Cadiz
.
Photograph of
Ciudad de Cadiz
.
Trasmediterránea postcard of
Ernesto Anastasio
.
Victoria (1952-??)
Virgen de Africa (1953-??)
3400 grt - 103.5m long - 17 knots - 1500 passengers (3 classes) - 12 coaches or 100 cars
Victoria
and
Virgen de Africa
were built by Union Naval de Levante, Valencia, in 1952/53. They operated between Algeciras and Ceuta, and were withdrawn in the mid-1980s. They originally carried railway vehicles (12 coaches) in addition to cars.
Postcard of
Victoria
off Gibraltar.
Postcard of
Victoria
at Algeciras.
Postcard of
Victoria
at Ibiza.
Postcard of
Virgen de Africa
.
Trasmediterránea postcard of
Virgen de Africa
.
Trasmediterránea postcard of
Virgen de Africa
.
Postcard of
Virgen de Africa
.
Trasmediterránea postcard of
Virgen de Africa
(left) and
Ciudad de Tarifa
.
Ciudad de Huesca (1954-??)
Ciudad de Teruel (1955-??)
2038 grt - 76.8m long - 14 knots - 200 passengers (40 berths)
Two passenger ships built 1954/55 by Hijos de J.Barreras, Vigo, for Canaries inter-island services between Las Palmas, Santa Cruz, Arecife, Puerto-Rosario etc.
Ciudad de Teruel
at Santa Cruz de La Palma.
Ciudad de Burgos (1955-??)
Ciudad de Barcelona (1956-??)
Ciudad de Grenada (1960-??)
Ciudad de Burgos:- 5245 grt - 105m long - 15 knots - 180 passengers
Ciudad de Barcelona:- 5195 grt - 105m long - 15 knots - 180 passengers
Ciudad de Grenada:- 4944 grt - 105m long - 17 knots - 180 passengers
Three passenger/cargo ships built 1955-60 by Union Naval de Levante, Valencia, for night services to the Balearic Islands.
Martorell postcard 196 of
Ciudad de Burgos
at Palma.
A member of this class in Barcelona.