City of Rio De Janeiro
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Rio de Janeiro was a passenger
steamer laid down by John Roach & Sons in Chester in
Pennsylvania, and was launched in March 1878 for United
States & Brazil Mail Steamship Company. She was
renamed after launch to City of Rio De Janeiro, and was
sold three years later to Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
On her way back to San Francisco loaded with passengers
and metal, she hit ground outside Fort Point under heavy
fog and sank 22, January 1901. She sank in less than ten
minutes and claimed the lives of 128 people. The wreck was
found in the 1980's, and mapped by sonar in a joint
operation with NOAA in November 2014. The wreck rest today
on a depth of 87 to 98 meter partly buried in mud and
sediments west of Golden Gate.
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| 37°48'47.6"N 122°29'19.1"W ( Source: California Divers )  Picture: City of Rio De Janeiro Courtesy of San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park Last updated: February 2021 |
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