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Name: GUANABARA
Type: Passenger & Mail Ship
Launched: 12/01/1853
Completed: 28/05/1853
Builder: Miller, Ravenhill & Salkeld
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 538tonsb, 190.0 x 24.0 x 10.0 (draft)ft
Engines: 2cyl (? x 48ins), 180nhp
Engines by: Miller, Ravenhill & Salkeld, Blackwall
Propulsion: Paddle, 11.5knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
28/05/1853 Companhia Brasileira de Paquetes de Vapor
02/08/1857 Lost
Comments: 02/08/1857: Lost at Montevideo
On a voyage from Rio de Janeiro
Her boilers were salvaged and sold


The Times, Tuesday, 18/01/1853

Above press cutting is courtesy of Ian Buxton

The Morning Post, Monday, 30/05/1853