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Built: 1921
Tonnage: 3,771 / 6,550 dwt
Cargo: 50 000 bags of coffee, 30 000 bales of linseed, nickel, 4 tons of tobacco, crystal quartz, 20 000 cans of vegetable oil, hides, cereals, cotton, mineral oil and iron ore.
Scuttled 12 FEB 40 by own crew to avoid capture by HMS cruiser Hawkins and HMS Dorsetshire on position 22º 35’S 41º 39’W.
0 Dead
46 Survivors taken as POW
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Wakama seen moored at Rio de Janeiro harbor prior her attempt to escape British Navy