SS Guararema 1949
Marker: recorded wreck position (Modern).
Key facts
| Name | SS Guararema | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1949 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Modern | derived from year |
| Ship type | ship, shipwreck | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | Collision | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Sea / ocean | South Atlantic Ocean | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Brazil | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 33 km from land |
| Position | -23.9983, -46.3250 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
SS Guararema was a coastal steamship, built in Scotland as a member of the United Kingdom's War Standard Class C1. it was launched in 1918 as War Avon; but completed in 1919 for a Belgian shipowner as Independance.
In 1921 the General Steam Navigation Company bought her, and renamed it Mavis. In 1929 a shipowner in Barrow-in-Furness bought it, and renamed it Sound Fisher. In 1937 her hull was lengthened.
In 1939 a Brazilian shipowner bought it, and renamed her Guararema. it was sunk in a collision off the coast of Brazil in 1949.
Location
- Recorded position: -23.9983, -46.3250 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: South Atlantic Ocean
- Nearest coast: Brazil
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article SS Guararema (revision 1372456419), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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