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History
Name
SS War Sword (1917–1919)
SS Caprera (1919–1933)
SS Arabutan (1933–1942)
Owner
Shipping Controller, London (1917–1919)
Navigazione Generale Italiana, Genoa (1919–1932)
Italia Societa Anonima di Navigazione (1932–1933)
Pedro Brandão, Rio de Janeiro (1933–1942)
Builder
Union Iron Works, San Francisco
Yard number
142
Launched
7 July 1917
Fate
Sunk on 7 March 1942
General characteristics
Tonnage
7,956 gross register tons (GRT)
Length
125 m (410 ft)
Beam
17.1 m (56 ft)
Depth
11.58 m (38.0 ft)
Installed power
609 nhp
Propulsion
Triple expansion steam engine
SS Arabutan[1] was the fifth Brazilian merchant ship to be sunk during World War II. At 21.10 hours on 7 March 1942, the German submarine U-155 fired a stern torpedo that hit the Arabutan (Master Aníbal Alfredo do Prado) after 102 seconds and caused it to sink in 13 minutes about 81 miles off Cape Hatteras, at 35.15N/73.55W.
The ship had been spotted one hour earlier but no neutrality markings were noticed. One crew member, the nurse Manoel Florêncio Coimbra was lost, he probably was killed by the explosion while sleeping in his cabin. The master, 50 crew members, three sailors from the Brazilian tanker Itamarati and a survivor from Buarque abandoned ship in four lifeboats which were sighted about six hours later by aircraft. On 8 March, the US Coast Guard cutter Calypso[2] picked up the survivors and landed them at Little Creek, Virginia after sinking their boats as a hazard to navigation.[3]
^"Arbutan". Sunkenshipsouterbanks.com. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
^"U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History". Uscg.mil. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
^"Arabutan (Brazilian Steam merchant)". Uboat. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
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