SS Balmes

SS *Balmes*
History

General characteristics

Survivors of the SS Balmes fire

SS Balmes was a Spanish steamship that caught fire in 1913. The Cunard Line steamship SS Pannonia with Captain Robert Capper rescued 103 men, women, and children from the burning steamship Balmes in mid-ocean. Balmes was operated by Captain Juan Ruiz.^[1] The ship was towed to St. George's harbor in Bermuda by the tugs Gladisfen and Powerful, convoyed by Pannonia.^[2]

References

↑ "Wouldn't Quit Ship Blistered by Fire" (pdf). The New York Times. 20 November 1913.
↑ "S.S. Balmes Safe in Bermuda Harbor". The Christian Science Monitor. 17 November 1913. (subscription required (help)).

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1913

Shipwrecks	7 Jan: Cheslakee 10 Jan: James T. Staples 8 Feb: Âsâr-ı Tevfik 13 Feb: Pisagua April (unknown date): Hector 11 Jun: General Concha 15 Jun: Paul Palmer 8 Jul: Vivid 30 Aug: Amaranth 18 Oct: Volturno 4 Nov: HMS Empress of India 8 Nov: Louisiana 9 Nov: Hydrus, Isaac M. Scott, Wexford 10 Nov: Henry B. Smith, Regina 11 Nov: James Carruthers Unknown date: Arno, Florence J., Iris

Other incidents	Apr (unknown date): Vasco da Gama 8 May: HMS Express, Leicester 9 Oct: Volturno Unknown date: Balmes, Kommandøren

1912 1914 Shipwrecks from January to July 1914

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