SS Eubee

SS Eubee was a French steam passenger ship built in 1921.

SS Eubee
History
Launched: 1921
Fate: Sank 16 August 1936
General characteristics
Tonnage: 9,645 tons;
Length: 483 ft 4 in (147.32 m)
Beam: 58 ft 9 in (17.91 m)
Draft: 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m)
Installed power: 340 hp (250 kW) triple-expansion steam engines

On 14 August 1936, Eubee was traveling from Bordeaux, France, to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with 1,478 passengers on board in fog when she was rammed by the British steamer SS Corinaldo near Santa Catarina Island in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) north of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The collision left Eubee with her engine room flooded,[1] and five stokers killed. Corinaldo took off her passengers. Eubee was taken in tow by the Brazilian tugboat Antonio Azambuja and the Uruguayan tugboat Powerful,[2] but foundered on 16 August 1936. Her crew were rescued by Antonio Azambuja.[3]

References
  1. "Corinaldo and Eubee in collision". The Times (47454). London. 15 August 1936. col D, p. 19.
  2. "Casualty Reports". The Times (47455). London. 17 August 1936. col D, p. 19.
  3. "The loss of the Eubee". The Times (47456). London. 18 August 1936. col E, p. 20.


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