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The cutter boat Yelcho was built in 1906 by the Scottish firm G. Brown and Co. of Greenock, on the River Clyde for towage and cargo service of the Chilean ''Sociedad Ganadera e Industrial Yelcho y Palena de Puerto Montt''. 1908 she was sold to the Chilean Navy and ordered to Punta Arenas as a tug and for periodic maintenance and supply of the lighthouses of the zone. ==The rescue of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition== After the dramatic voyage of the ''James Caird'', Shackleton had attempted and failed three times to rescue the crew left on Elephant Island: the ships ''Southern Sky'' (Loaned by the English Whaling Co., 23–31 May 1916), ''Instituto de Pesca N°1'' (loaned by the Government of Uruguay, 0–16 June 1916) and ''Emma''〔(Emma )〕 (a sealer, funded by the British Club. Punta Arenas, 12 July – 8 August 1916) all failed to reach Elephant Island. In July 1916, the ''Yelcho'' was authorised by the president of Chile, Juan Luis Sanfuentes, to escort and tow the ''Emma'' to a point south of Cape Horn.〔James Caird Society Shackleton, (Piloto Pardo, a reluctant hero ), retrieved on 17 April 2012〕 but this third attempt was also unsuccessful. At dawn on the 7th of August the ''Yelcho'' under the command of Captain Luis Pardo was ordered to Port Stanley in order to tug the ''Emma'' and the British explorers back to Punta Arenas to make a fourth attempt. The Chilean government offered the ''Yelcho'' although she was totally unsuited for operations in Antarctic waters. With no radio, no proper heating system, no electric lighting and no double hull the small ship had to cross the of the Drake's Passage in Antarctic winter. On the 25th of August 1916 at 00:15 she sailed bound for Elephant Island with 22 men under command of Pardo, carrying Shackleton, Frank Worsley and Tom Crean. After making it safely through the complex tides and channels of the west side of the Tierra del Fuego, ''Yelcho'' headed out into the Beagle Channel. On the 27th at 11:15 she arrived at Picton Island, where she bunkered 300 sacks of coal (a total of 72 tons were in the ship) from the ''Puerto Banner'' Naval Station.〔Mateo Martinic, (''Crónica de las tierras del sur del canal Beagle'' ), page 110. The station had been built short before as response to the sinking of the Norwegian ship ''Drummuir'' by British ships.〕 The process was completed within only 12 hours and on 28 August at 3:30 she weighed anchor and left for Elephant Island. south of Cape Horn the lookout spotted the first icebergs〔Alfonso M. Filippi Parada, (Shackleton versus Pardo ), retrieved 15 April 2012〕 At 11:40 am on the 30th of August the fog lifted, the camp on Elephant Island was spotted, and ''Yelcho'' immediately entered the bay. Within an hour, in two trips of a small boat, all the Elephant Island party were safely aboard the ''Yelcho'', which sailed for Punta Arenas. . The 23 crew of the ''Yelcho'' that fateful day was:〔John F.Mann, (The S.S. Yelcho )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yelcho (1906)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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