Parnahyba
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| Name | Parnahyba | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6.692 tons | ||
| Completed | 1913 - Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges., Flensburg | ||
| Owner | Companhia de Navegação Lloyd Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Homeport | Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Date of attack | 1 May, 1942 | Nationality:  Brazilian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-162 (Jürgen Wattenberg) | ||
| Position | 10.12N, 57.16W - Grid EO 2121 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 72 (7 dead and 65 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Rio de Janeiro - Pernambuco - New York | ||
| Cargo | Coffee, cocoa, castor oil seed and cotton | ||
| History | Built as Alrich, 1917 renamed Parnahyba | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.46 hours on 1 May, 1942, the unescorted Parnahyba (Master Raul Francisco Diegali) was hit by one torpedo from U-162 near Trinidad. The ship was finished off with 56 rounds from the deck gun after the survivors abandoned ship. | ||
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