The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea

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http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks05/0501051h.html

Being

The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries
in the Australasian Regions, between the
Years 1492-1606, with Descriptions
of their Old Charts.

By George Collingridge De Tourcey,
M.C.R.G.S., of Australasia;

Hon. Corr. M.R.G.S., Melbourne, Victoria; Hon. Corr. M.N.G.S., Neuchatel, Switzerland; Hon. Corr. M. of the Portuguese G.S.; Hon. Corr. M. of the Spanish G.S.; Founder (with his brother, Arthur Collingridge) and First Vice-President of the Royal Art Society of N.S.W., Australia; Author of "The Discovery of Australia," etc., etc.

First published 1906

"Olba a Sunda tao larga que huma banda
Esconde para o Sul difficultuoso."

CAMOËNS.--Os Lusiadas.

George Collingridge

CONTENTS.

I. In Quest of the

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Smit resuelve. Sasemar naval, fracasa

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Sobre las 14.20, de hoy 10 de diciembre de 2019, la empresa holandesa de salvamento marítimo, Smit Salvage, ha conseguido reflotar el buque de transporte de productos químicos “Blue Star”, que llevaba embarrancado en la ría de Ares desde el pasado 22 de noviembre.

Tras la embarrancada la empresa pública SASEMAR, dependiente de la Dirección General de la Marina Mercante (Ministerio de Fomento) dirigió las operaciones para tratar de reflotar el barco al menos en tres ocasiones, pero su intervención se saldó con un rotundo fracaso, por lo que el armador decidió contratar a Smit Salvage.

El plan de rescate desarrollado por Smit, aprobado previamente por la Administración Española, se centró en primer lugar a extraer el combustible y otros productos contaminantes almacenados a bordo.

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The case of the Spanish Navy during the interwar

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https://www.naval-encyclopedia.com/ww2/spain/armada

Torn apart by a civil war

The case of the Spanish Navy during the interwar is one of a fleet from a major player torn apart by a civil war. The only closest example could be the American Secession war, at a very large scal, or more recently, the French case in WW2 where the fleet was split between the Free French and Vichy loyalists. But the case of the Armada is unique, in which modern cruisers, destroyers, gunboats, submarines and aviation were involved in a modern in-fighting between the Republicans and Nationalists.

This story is about the state of the Spanish Armada after WW1 (where the country remained neutral), new construction programs and modernizations, and of course the divide between the two sides from 1936, ships captured, battles, and losses until 1939. This will be concluded by the Armada under Franco during WW2 and naval programs of that era.

Blue Star. Smit se pone a prueba.

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Hoy, lunes, 09 de diciembre de 2019, a la hora de la pleamar, alrededor de las 14:22, Smit Salvage, intentará reflotar el quimiquero "Blue Star", embarrancado en la ría de Ares desde el pasado día 22 de noviembre de 2019.

Las operaciones de remolque se ha previsto que las realicen los remolcadores "Boka Pegasus"

file:///C:/Users/Usuario/Downloads/20190514_DEF_BOKA_Pegasus.pdf

y el "Unión Princess", ambos con una potencia de tiro de unas 200 Tn.

file:///C:/Users/Usuario/Downloads/Anchor_handling_tug_Union_Princess.pdf

Ojalá consigan su objetivo. Galicia no se merece ni tanto accidente ni tantas angustias.