page_title: MV Monte Cervantes
hierarchical_section_title: MV Monte Cervantes
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Der deutsche Dampfer "Monte Cervantes" untergegangen! Das deutsche Motorschiff "Monte Cervantes" der Hamburg Süd-Amerikanischen Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft, das vor 2 Jahren bei Spitzbergen von dem russischen Eisbrecher "Krassin" aus schwerer Seenot gerettet werden mußte, ist an der Südspitze von Amerika, in der Magellanstrasse auf Grund gelaufen und untergegangen. Die Passagiere und Besatzung konnten sämtlich geborgen werden.
context_page_description: MV Monte Cervantes was a 500 ft German passenger liner that cruised the South American route from Buenos Aires to Puerto Madryn to Punta Arenas to Ushuaia and return to Buenos Aires. The ship sailed under German registration and belonged to the South American Hamburg Company. After only two years of service she sank at the beginning of 1930 near Tierra del Fuego. The ship became known as "The Titanic of the South."
  On 22 January 1930, Monte Cervantes departed Ushuaia and within 30 minutes struck some submerged rocks in the Pan de Indio. The ship could not be dislodged and began to sink. The lifeboats were lowered and 1,200 passengers and 350 crew were removed from the ship. Monte Cervantes sank 24 hours later, and while all the passengers and crew were able to leave the ship before she sank, her captain was killed. The remainder of the crew and all of the passengers were saved.
context_section_description: MV Monte Cervantes was a 500 ft (150 m) German passenger liner that cruised the South American route from Buenos Aires to Puerto Madryn (Chubut) to Punta Arenas to Ushuaia and return to Buenos Aires. The ship sailed under German registration and belonged to the South American Hamburg Company. After only two years of service she sank at the beginning of 1930 near Tierra del Fuego. The ship became known as "The Titanic of the South."
  On 22 January 1930, Monte Cervantes departed Ushuaia and within 30 minutes struck some submerged rocks in the Pan de Indio. The ship could not be dislodged and began to sink. The lifeboats were lowered and 1,200 passengers and 350 crew were removed from the ship. Monte Cervantes sank 24 hours later, and while all the passengers and crew were able to leave the ship before she sank, her captain was killed. The remainder of the crew and all of the passengers were saved.
caption: MV Monte Cervantes, circa 1928
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