PS Bruselas (1911)
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The PS Bruselas
was built by A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow, Scotland and launched in 1911 for Compañía Argentina de Navigation (Nicolás Mihanovich) Ltda, Buenos Aires
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, who had established a substantial local shipping business in Argentina
. However, during the First World War he experienced some unforeseen political difficulties like other Europeans who had settled overseas. Thus he formed a new company in 1909 in London, Argentine Navigation Co (Nicholas Mihanovich) Ltd, to raise capital to fund the purchase of British built river and coastal passenger steamers. As Croatia was part of the Austrian Empire and therefore at war with Britain, the 72 year old Mihanovich, decided to sell the British company and its Argentinean subsidiaries to a group of Philipps
companies. On the sales date the group of his Argentinean companies owned 71 vessels, including passenger ships, tugs and barges. The companies’ main services were an overnight express route from Buenos Aires to Montevideo and a passenger service up-river to Rosario.
PS Bruselas (1911)
The PS Bruselas was built by A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow, Scotland and launched in 1911 for Compañía Argentina de Navigation Ltda, Buenos Aires. - Ownership :...
was built by A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow, Scotland and launched in 1911 for Compañía Argentina de Navigation (Nicolás Mihanovich) Ltda, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
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Ownership
She was owned by the Croatian entrepreneur Nicolás MihanovichNicolás Mihanovich
Nicolás Mihanovich was a Croatian Argentine businessman closely linked to the development of the Argentine merchant marine.-The Beginnings:Nicolás Mihanovich was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in what is today Croatia, in 1844...
, who had established a substantial local shipping business in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. However, during the First World War he experienced some unforeseen political difficulties like other Europeans who had settled overseas. Thus he formed a new company in 1909 in London, Argentine Navigation Co (Nicholas Mihanovich) Ltd, to raise capital to fund the purchase of British built river and coastal passenger steamers. As Croatia was part of the Austrian Empire and therefore at war with Britain, the 72 year old Mihanovich, decided to sell the British company and its Argentinean subsidiaries to a group of Philipps
Owen Philipps, 1st Baron Kylsant
Owen Cosby Philipps, 1st Baron Kylsant was a British businessman and politician, later jailed for producing a document with intent to deceive.-Background:...
companies. On the sales date the group of his Argentinean companies owned 71 vessels, including passenger ships, tugs and barges. The companies’ main services were an overnight express route from Buenos Aires to Montevideo and a passenger service up-river to Rosario.