Description

Sometimes the MV Monte is compared to the Titanic. A newer ship, full of the rich elites of Germany, crashed into an iceberg. An SOS was sent out. That is where the similarities end, however. The SOS was a success, no lives were lost, and the ship was saved, only to wreck a year and a half later and become a total loss.

Ship Name: MV Monte Cervantes 

Nationality: German 

Year Built: 1928

Ship type: Ocean Liner 

Tonnage: 13913

Year Sank: 1930

Location Sank: Near Ushuaia Argentina 

Reason For Sinking: Struck Rock 

Lives Lost: 1 

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