PS Bruselas (1911)

& J. Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow, Scotland and launched in 1911 for Compañía Argentina de Navigation (Nicolás Mihanovich) Ltda, Buenos Aires.

[1] She was owned by the Croatian entrepreneur Nicolás Mihanovich, 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.

On the sales date the group of his Argentinean companies owned 71 vessels, including passenger ships, tugs and barges.