Barbacena
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| Name | Barbacena | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.772 tons | ||
| Completed | 1909 - Joh.C. Tecklenborg AG Schiffswerft u. Maschinenfabrik, Wesermünde | ||
| Owner | Companhia de Navegação Lloyd Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Homeport | Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Date of attack | 28 Jul, 1942 | Nationality:  Brazilian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-155 (Adolf Cornelius Piening) | ||
| Position | 13.10N, 56.00W - Grid EE 8133 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 62 (6 dead and 56 survivors). | ||
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| History | Built as Gundrun, 1917 renamed Barbacena | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.15 hours on 28 Jul, 1942, U-155 torpedoed and sank the Barbacena, because Piening saw that she was armed with one 12cm gun. | ||
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