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Midas

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1905 Midas W. Gray & Co. Ltd.
1905 Harlingen J & C Harrison Ltd.

Fate

On 28 October 1906 Harlingen left Buenos Aires on a voyage for Port Eads, USA in ballast she ran aground on rocks in thick fog near Cape Frio, South Brazil on 9 November 1906. She later slipped off the rocks & sunk becoming a total loss. The loss was attributed to default by the Master, J. Johnson, & his certificate was suspended for three months. The steamship was valued at £30,000.

Underwater photographs of the wreck can be seen at  http://www.naufragiosdobrasil.com.br/naufharlingen.htm