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The Bahia class was a pair of scout cruisers built for Brazil by Armstrong Whitworth in the United Kingdom, based on a design that borrowed heavily from the British Adventure-class scout cruisers. The class comprised the lead ship Bahia and her sister Rio Grande do Sul , along with a canceled third ship, Ceara . [ 4 ]
Bahia and Rio Grande do Sul were berthed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for the visit. [27] During the Brazilian Revolution of 1930, Bahia served with Rio Grande do Sul—until that ship defected—and five or six destroyers off the coast of Santa Catarina; they were once again commanded by Belford Gomes.
The navy said Friday that the location of the hull of the sunken ship was finally confirmed last month, about 40 miles off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The discovery was confirmed during a survey ...
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1945 Ship State Description Bahia Brazilian Navy: The Bahia-class cruiser was accidentally sunk during gunnery practice when her own guns hit depth charges at the stern of the ship with the loss of most of her crew. HMS Elizabeth Therese Royal Navy: The naval drifter (156 GRT, 1934) was lost on this date. Koshe Maru
List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1945 Ship State Description CD-138 Imperial Japanese Navy World War II: Convoy MATA-38A: The Type D escort ship was bombed and sunk at San Fernando, Luzon, Philippines by Douglas A-20 Havoc and Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft of the United States Fifth Air
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1945 Ship State Description Empire Patrol United Kingdom: The cargo ship caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea 38 nautical miles (70 km) off Port Said, Egypt and was abandoned by her crew and the 496 refugees she was carrying. She was taken in tow but capsized and sank two days later when still 18 nautical miles ...
An 836-pound “cursed” emerald worth nearly $1 billion will be returned to Brazil after 15 years under lock and key in Los Angeles. The 180,000-carat Bahia Emerald was smuggled out of the South ...
The official death toll is 5,348, but it is estimated that up to 9,343 were killed, making it possibly the worst single-ship loss of life in history and the worst maritime ship disaster of WWII. Most of those killed were German civilians, military personnel, and Nazi officials being evacuated from East Prussia. It is estimated that between 650 ...