Vapor Menay

It was built in 1851 in the shipyards of Dumbarton, Scotland,[4] and acquired in 1853 by the South American and General Steam Navigation Company, to make trips between Buenos Aires and Montevideo.[5] This company also owned the vapors Pampero and La Plata, modern boats that together with the Menay made continuous trips to the British Isles.[6]

His agent in Buenos Aires was Henry Dowse, who had his offices at No. 17 Calle de la Merced (now Perón), Barrio de San Nicolás.[7]

In 1859 the Menay was bought by the government of the Argentine Confederation, which ordered to equip it with two cannons. Several Argentine leaders were transported on this steamer, including President Santiago Derqui on his visit to General Justo José de Urquiza, prior to the Battle of Pavón.[8] Domingo Faustino Sarmiento traveled aboard the Menay to Rio de Janeiro accompanied among others by Lucio Mansilla.[9]

In 1862 it was acquired by the Compañía Salteña de Navegación a Vapor, who once again used the name Menay.[10] Years later it was expropriated by the Argentine government, which once again changed its original name to Chacabuco.[11]

Among his captains were Julio Fonrouge, who took part in the Battle of Martín García occurred during the civil war,[12] and José María Manzano, in charge of transporting an English Rifle Company to Itapirú, to be incorporated into the Paraguayan War.[13]

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  passenger list in 1859, includes several members of the National Party
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  advertisement of Compañia Sudamericana de Navegacion a Vapor
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  sailings of the port of Buenos Aires on May, 1855