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Sinking of Janequeo and Leucoton

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were now ordered to the rescue, but they could not enter Manquemapu Bay, due to waves over 15 m (49 ft) high. That day
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broke in two. Only 28 men of the crew survived and made it safely to shore, but 51 men were lost.
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Caleta Manquemapu within the Manquemapu bay, hidden by the hill in foreground, is the wreck of
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but on 2 August, as bad weather threatened the ship, they were forced to take refuge in
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under command of Pedro Fierro Herreros was ordered to the periodic maintenance of the
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made it safely to shore but despite days of effort, she could not be freed.
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On 15 September 1965 appeared the first edition of the Chilean magazine
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At 16:00 on 14 August, a tow-line got entangled in the propeller of
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Pamela Altamirano Cárdenas and Miriam Margarita Bernal Poblete
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shipwreck is still rusting on the beach of Manquemapu.
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Chilean
Abnaki-class
tug
Janequeo
nautical miles
Corral, Chile
Leucotón
lighthouses
ran aground

40°53′29.24″S 73°51′1.59″W / 40.8914556°S 73.8504417°W / -40.8914556; -73.8504417 (Janequeo and Leucotón)
frogmen
Punto Final
patrol boat
Hemmerdinger
List of decommissioned ships of the Chilean Navy
USS Potawatomi (ATF-109)
USS ATA-200
".:: Revista Punto Final - Edición 717::"
Los Condenados de la Mar
webarchiv

Caleta Manquemapu
Categories
Chilean Navy
Maritime incidents in 1965
Shipwrecks in the Chilean Sea
1948 ships
1943 ships

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