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{{Short description|French ocean liner (1921–1936)}}
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'''SS ''Eubee''''' was a French [[Steamship|steam]] [[passenger ship]] built in 1921.

On 14 August 1936, ''Eubee'' was traveling from [[Bordeaux]], [[France]], to [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]], with 1,478 passengers on board in [[fog]] when she was rammed by the British steamer {{SS|Corinaldo}}  near [[Santa Catarina (island)|Santa Catarina Island]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|90|nmi|km}} north of [[Rio Grande do Norte]], [[Brazil]]. The collision left ''Eubee'' with her engine room flooded,<ref name=Times150836a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Corinaldo and Eubee in collision |date=15 August 1936 |page=19 |issue=47454 |column=D }}</ref> and five stokers killed. ''Corinaldo'' took off her passengers. ''Eubee'' was taken in tow by the Brazilian [[tugboat]] {{ship|ST|Antonio Azambuja||2}} and the [[Uruguay]]an tugboat {{ship|ST|Powerful||2}},<ref name=Times170836b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=17 August 1936 |page=19 |issue=47455 |column=D }}</ref> but foundered on 16 August 1936. Her crew were rescued by ''Antonio Azambuja''.<ref name=Times180836a>{{Cite newspaper The Times  |title=The loss of the Eubee |date=18 August 1936 |page=20 |issue=47456 |column=E }}</ref>

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==External links==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/creunis.htm |title=Compagnie des Chargeurs Reunis, Havre |website=The Ships List}}
* * {{cite web |url=http://perso.orange.fr/cdasm.56/dictionnaire/230.pdf |title=Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam |page=230 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329132327/http://perso.orange.fr/cdasm.56/dictionnaire/230.pdf |archivedate=2007-03-29}} 
* {{cite web |url=http://www.maritimequest.com/maritimequest_shipwreck_database_copyright_michael_w_pocock_2005.xls |format=xls |title=Maritimequest Shipwreck Database |website=Maritimequest}}

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[[Category:1921 ships]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1936]]
[[Category:Ocean liners]]
[[Category:Ships sunk in collisions]]
[[Category:Shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean]]
[[Category:Steamships of France]]


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