SS Guararema

History
Name:	Guararema (1939-1949) Sound Fisher (1929-1939) Mavis (1921-1929) Independance (1919-1921) War Avon (1919-1919)
Owner:	Empreza Internacional de Transportes Ltd.
Port of registry:	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Builder:	Ardrossan Dockyard & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
Yard number:	302
Way number:	PVAD
Completed:	1919
Maiden voyage:	1919
In service:	1919
Out of service:	4 March 1949
Identification:	774
Fate:	Sank after a collision with SS Britannia
General characteristics
Class and type:	WWI C1-class standard coastal cargo ship
Type:	cargo ship
Tonnage:	548 GRT
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 Guararea was a Brazilian Cargo ship that collided with SS Britannia (1909) on the Santos bar off Ilha Des Palmas, Brazil, when on route from Santos in ballast.

Construction

Guararema was constructed in 1919 at the Ardrossan Dockyard & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. shipyard in Ardrossan, United Kingdom. She was completed in 1919 and she was named War Avon first. She served for different countries and companies under different names; in 1939 until 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

1. "Guararema". Wrecksite. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.