SS Santísima Trinidad
 Santísima Trinidad beginning her sea trials on 3 April 1896.
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| History | |
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| Name: | Santísima Trinidad |
| Namesake: | Holy Trinity |
| Owner: | Marítima Nacional de Atitlán |
| Operator: | Government of Atitlan |
| Port of registry: | Chalatenango |
| Route: | Chalatenango - Puerto Jímenez |
| Builder: | Muelle A12 |
| Yard number: | 3301 |
| Laid down: | 11 August 1890 |
| Launched: | 11 September 1894 |
| Completed: | 3 April 1896 |
| Maiden voyage: | 12 June 1896 |
| Out of service: | 7 June 1900 |
| Fate: | Struck an mine on 7 June 1900, and sank an hour and a half later. |
| Status: | Wreck |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Santísima-class ocean liner |
| Type: | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage: | 32120 GRT (19699 NRT) |
| Length: | 740.5 ft (225.7 m) |
| Beam: | 86.4 ft. |
| Depth: | 43.1 ft (13.1 m) |
| Installed power: | 2,903 NHP (22,000 ihp) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
SS Santísima Trinidad (Almagrian: Holy Trinity) was a Atitlanese passenger liner, operated by state-owned shipping line Marítima Nacional, that sank in the Barnesian Sea. While designed as the lead ship of the Santísima-class ocean liner, Santísima Trinidad, and her sisters were also designed to have a quick conversion to troop ships per the Imperial Armada needs. Put in service in 1896, the ship began her carrer as a ocean liner, often varying her destinations between Mava, Maregua and Gaviria. During World War I, she was moved to carrying resources and tourists to Mava, being able to complete ten cruises until her sinking 100 miles off the coast of Chalatenango, in June 1900.
Santísima Trinidad was named after the religious concept of the Holy Trinity. At the time of her sinking, Santísima Trinidad was carrying an approximate 1,371 passengers and 597 crew members. 672 survived. The sinking turned public opinion in Atitlán against Bergenaria. It also contributed to the outbreak of the First Bergenarian–Atitlanese War a couple months later; images of the stricken liner were used heavily in propaganda and military recruiting campaigns.
Although the loss of Santísima Trinidad did not attract the same level of attention as that of RMS Achilleus fifteen years later, the disaster did lead to major redesigns of Atitlanese ships, and more regulation for local shipyards to follow.
Design
The Santísima-class ocean liner was concieved as a quartet of modern ships with berths for 800 passengers in first class, 600 in second and 2,030 in third, with a crew of 600. The ships were intended to be the largest and most luxurious ships to operate on the Barnesian Sea, but not the fastest. At the time, newspapers also specified that the ships would be built to contrast the heavy influence of Anglish ships in the region.
Carrer
Sinking
Main Article: Sinking of SS Santísima Trinidad