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Brazilian cargo ship Cabedello
Cabedello, also spelt Cabedelo, was a cargo steamship. She was built in Germany for Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) in 1912 as Prussia. She became Cabedello in 1917, when Brazil seized her and renamed her.
In the first weeks of the First World War, Prussia was an auxiliary ship for an Imperial German Navy cruiser in the South Atlantic. That September, Prussia sought refuge in a port in neutral Brazil. Brazil seized her in 1917, after Germany started sinking Brazilian merchant ships.
Lloyd Brasileiro was managing Cabedello by 1923, and owned her by 1927. She disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean in February 1942. It has been alleged that an Italian submarine sank her, but no evidence of her being attacked has ever been found. The exact date that she foundered is unknown, but is believed to be between 14 and 25 February.
She was the first of two Lloyd Brasileiro cargo ships to be named after Cabedelo in northeastern Brazil. Lloyd's Register always recorded her Brazilian name as Cabedello, with a double "L". After the war, Lloyd Brasileiro owned a cargo ship that was spelt Cabedelo, without the double "L". Canadian Vickers built her in 1945; she was still registered in 1959; but Lloyd's Register had deleted her by 1965.
Between 1912 and 1920, Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft in Flensburg built a class of seven cargo steamships for HAPAG, for service between Hamburg and the east coast of South America. Prussia was the lead ship of the class. She and Palatia were completed in 1912; followed by Phoenicia and Persia in 1914; Patria in 1919; and Polaria and Parthia in 1920. The last three ships never entered HAPAG service. The United Kingdom seized Patria, Polaria, and Parthia as part of World War I reparations, as soon as they were completed.
Flensburger Schiffbau built the ship as yard number 321; launched her as Prussia on 23 April 1912; and completed her on 14 June. Her registered length was 364.3 ft (111.0 m); her beam was 51.0 ft (15.5 m), and her depth was 22.0 ft (6.7 m). Her tonnages were 3,557 GRT and 2,180 NRT. She had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine that was rated at 318 NHP or 2,200 IHP, and gave her a speed of 11 knots (20 km/h) or 12 knots (22 km/h).
HAPAG registered Prussia in Hamburg. Her code letters were RHSV. She was equipped with wireless telegraphy. In 1918 her German call sign was recorded as DJL, but by that time Brazil had seized her.
In the first weeks of the First World War, Prussia was an auxiliary ship for the cruiser SMS Dresden. On 15 August 1914, Dresden captured the British cargo ship Hyades; interned her crew; and sank her by gunfire. The internees were transferred to Prussia, which released them at Rio de Janeiro.
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Brazilian cargo ship Cabedello
Cabedello, also spelt Cabedelo, was a cargo steamship. She was built in Germany for Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) in 1912 as Prussia. She became Cabedello in 1917, when Brazil seized her and renamed her.
In the first weeks of the First World War, Prussia was an auxiliary ship for an Imperial German Navy cruiser in the South Atlantic. That September, Prussia sought refuge in a port in neutral Brazil. Brazil seized her in 1917, after Germany started sinking Brazilian merchant ships.
Lloyd Brasileiro was managing Cabedello by 1923, and owned her by 1927. She disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean in February 1942. It has been alleged that an Italian submarine sank her, but no evidence of her being attacked has ever been found. The exact date that she foundered is unknown, but is believed to be between 14 and 25 February.
She was the first of two Lloyd Brasileiro cargo ships to be named after Cabedelo in northeastern Brazil. Lloyd's Register always recorded her Brazilian name as Cabedello, with a double "L". After the war, Lloyd Brasileiro owned a cargo ship that was spelt Cabedelo, without the double "L". Canadian Vickers built her in 1945; she was still registered in 1959; but Lloyd's Register had deleted her by 1965.
Between 1912 and 1920, Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft in Flensburg built a class of seven cargo steamships for HAPAG, for service between Hamburg and the east coast of South America. Prussia was the lead ship of the class. She and Palatia were completed in 1912; followed by Phoenicia and Persia in 1914; Patria in 1919; and Polaria and Parthia in 1920. The last three ships never entered HAPAG service. The United Kingdom seized Patria, Polaria, and Parthia as part of World War I reparations, as soon as they were completed.
Flensburger Schiffbau built the ship as yard number 321; launched her as Prussia on 23 April 1912; and completed her on 14 June. Her registered length was 364.3 ft (111.0 m); her beam was 51.0 ft (15.5 m), and her depth was 22.0 ft (6.7 m). Her tonnages were 3,557 GRT and 2,180 NRT. She had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine that was rated at 318 NHP or 2,200 IHP, and gave her a speed of 11 knots (20 km/h) or 12 knots (22 km/h).
HAPAG registered Prussia in Hamburg. Her code letters were RHSV. She was equipped with wireless telegraphy. In 1918 her German call sign was recorded as DJL, but by that time Brazil had seized her.
In the first weeks of the First World War, Prussia was an auxiliary ship for the cruiser SMS Dresden. On 15 August 1914, Dresden captured the British cargo ship Hyades; interned her crew; and sank her by gunfire. The internees were transferred to Prussia, which released them at Rio de Janeiro.