Marine engine

Diesel-power marine engine made by Yeregui Hermanos (Zumaia, Gipuzkoa). There is a plaque with information.

According to a verbal account by Jesús Yeregui, the company was set up in 1921. The Unanue company, also from Zumaia, went into business later. They began building 2, 3 and 4 horsepower petrol engines and eventually made engines of up to 24 horsepower. Around 1932 they began building and fitting diesel engines. They fitted a cod ship from Pasajes with two 300 hp Yeregui engines and auxiliary engines around 1945/1946.

This piece comes from the collection of the Provincial Government of Gipuzkoa's Naval Museum.

Bibliography:

Olasagasti, J. Pasajes y la industria guipuzcoana. San Sebastián : Talleres Tipográficos Navarro y del Teso, 1934. 116.

Martínez-Hidalgo y Teran, José María. Enciclopedia General del Mar. Barcelona : Garriga, 1988. VI, 19-22.

Inventory number: GFA-035995-001