Balboa
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Viben
was a general cargo stemaer laid down by Randolph
AS Skipsbyggeri in Grimstad, and was launched in Mai
1923 for the Norwegian company Cygnus AS. She was sold a
few times before she ended up sailing as Balboa for the
Jamaican company Webster & Sons in Kingston in 1928.
Under a journey towards Pensacola loaded with wood she
experienced engine problems and had to seek harbor in
Georgetown. While she laid at anchor she was caught by a
hurricane 10. November 1932. Her hull was broken up
where she laid and she sank in shallow waters. The
wreckage and her steam boiler lies today scattered out
on a depth of 5 to 13 meter right outside Georgetown
harbor.
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