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On 25 August 1916 at 12:15 am, she sailed bound for
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immediately entered the bay. Within an hour, in two trips of a small boat, all the
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762:Piloto Pardo, a reluctant hero
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516:Luis Alberto Pardo VillalĂłn
802:Alfonso M. Filippi Parada,
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829:The Endurance Obituaries
767:17 February 2012 at the
608:José del Carmen Galindo,
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804:Shackleton versus Pardo
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165:General characteristics
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394:At dawn on 7 August
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257:There are two other
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189:120 feet (37 m)
835:on 30 November 2016
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489:Luis Pardo VillalĂłn
334:After the dramatic
121:1945-1958 as tender
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580:José Leiva Chacón,
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537:2nd Engineer
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306:Puerto Montt
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263:Chilean tug
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178:Displacement
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102:Commissioned
97:23 June 1906
72:Puerto Montt
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1282:Greenstreet
969:Caird Coast
931:James Caird
419:double hull
338:James Caird
298:River Clyde
249:37mm Cannon
126:Honours and
113:1945 (Navy)
105:1908 (Navy)
1496:1906 ships
1490:Categories
1410:Stephenson
1403:Shackleton
1380:Mrs Chippy
1247:Blackborow
1192:Mackintosh
949:Luis Pardo
734:"histamar"
692:References
595:Blacksmith
400:Luis Pardo
371:circa 1913
328:See also:
218:Propulsion
118:Reinstated
1396:Rickinson
1389:Orde-Lees
1230:Endurance
1135:Stenhouse
1067:d'Anglade
1043:Personnel
1025:Stromness
976:Cave Cove
961:Locations
627:Aftermath
617:Cabin Boy
545:Engineers
457:Cape Horn
434:Tom Crean
389:Cape Horn
296:, on the
247:Hotchkiss
134:Endurance
1462:Category
1352:McCarthy
1254:Cheetham
1240:Bakewell
1199:Richards
1141:Thompson
1112:Mugridge
1097:Kavanagh
1072:Donnelly
858:Archived
807:Archived
791:Drummuir
765:Archived
708:"Yelcho"
682:See also
461:icebergs
294:Greenock
290:Scottish
267:(AGS-64)
242:Armament
229:10 knots
137:crew of
94:Launched
1474:Commons
1438:Worsley
1417:Vincent
1359:McIlroy
1345:Marston
1338:Macklin
1289:Holness
1212:Stevens
1171:Hayward
1107:Maugher
1102:Larkman
1082:Glidden
1077:Downing
839:16 July
718:16 July
659:of the
587:Foreman
555:Firemen
513:Captain
213:350 ihp
173:219 grt
170:Tonnage
86:Builder
36:History
1431:Wordie
1373:McNish
1366:McLeod
1317:Hussey
1310:Hurley
1303:Hudson
1146:Warren
1117:Ninnis
1053:Aurora
941:Yelcho
921:Aurora
911:Events
748:"Emma"
672:Yelcho
661:Yelcho
649:Yelcho
637:Yelcho
603:Seamen
497:Yelcho
481:Yelcho
471:Yelcho
467:Yelcho
442:Yelcho
415:Yelcho
396:Yelcho
377:Yelcho
369:Yelcho
285:Yelcho
274:(1971)
272:Yelcho
265:Yelcho
259:Yelcho
237:22 men
186:Length
141:(1916)
128:awards
59:Yelcho
29:Yelcho
1324:James
1275:Green
1268:Crean
1261:Clark
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