Camaqua
was a Carioca class corvette which was laid down at
Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro in 1938 and launched
in September 1939. She did service from 1940 as a mine
layer and escort before she sank during a storm while she
protected a convoy to Trinidad 21.July 1944. The wreck
rest today on her starboard side on a depth of 45 to 55
meter approx thirty nautical miles east of Recipe.
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Camaqua
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C 6
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187,0 x 23,0 x 6,5 f
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Home
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550 displ
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Rio de Janeiro ( BR ) 1939
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( BR )
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