Engineering:SS Guararema
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| Name: |
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| Owner: | Empreza Internacional de Transportes Ltd. |
| Port of registry: |
 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Builder: |
 Ardrossan Dockyard & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. |
| Yard number: | 302 |
| Launched: | October 1918 |
| Completed: | 27 January 1919 |
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| Fate: | Sank after a collision 4 March 1949 |
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| Class and type: | WWI C1-class standard coastal cargo ship |
| Type: | Cargo ship |
| Length: | 47.2 metres (154 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 8 metres (26 ft 3 in) |
| Depth: | 3.3 metres (10 ft 10 in) |
| Installed power: | 1 x 2 cyl compound engines |
| Propulsion: | Screw propeller |
| Speed: | 9 knots |
SS Guararema was a Brazilian Cargo ship that collided with SS Britannia on the Santos bar off Ilha Des Palmas, Brazil while departing Santos in ballast.
Construction
Guararema was constructed at the Ardrossan Dockyard & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. shipyard in Ardrossan, United Kingdom . She was completed in 1919 and was named War Avon initially. She served for different countries and companies under different names; until 1939 in which she was sold to Brazilian transport company Empreza Internacional De Transportes, who operated her as Guararema.
The ship was 47.2 metres (154 ft 10 in) long, with a beam of 8 metres (26 ft 3 in) and a depth of 3.3 metres (10 ft 10 in). The ship was assessed at 548 GRT. She had a 1 x 2 cyl compound engines driving a single screw propeller. The engine was rated at 91 nhp.
Sinking
On 4 March 1949, Guararema was en route from Santos when she collided with SS Britannia and sank on the Santos bar off Ilha Des Palmas, Brazil. There were no casualties.[1]
References
- ↑ "Guararema". Wrecksite. 24 September 2015. http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136277. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
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