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SS Campos
SS ' was a Merchant ship, merchant steamship. She was what in German is called a ":de:Kombischiff, kombischiff": a term roughly equivalent to "cargo liner" in English. She was built in German Empire, Germany in 1895 as the Packet boat#Mail steamer, mail steamer ' for Hamburg Südamerikanische DG. She was the lead ship of a Ship class, class of 11 ships in 's fleet. For nearly two decades, ' carried emigrants and cargo on a regular route between Port of Hamburg, Hamburg and the east coast of South America. In the first weeks of the First World War, she was an auxiliary ship for the Imperial German Navy in the South Atlantic. That November, she took refuge in a port in Neutral country, neutral First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. In 1917, after Germany started sinking Brazilian merchant ships, the Brazilian government seized her and renamed her '. Lloyd Brasileiro was Ship management, managing her by 1923, and owned her by 1927. In 1924, during the State of emergency in Brazil (1922� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asunción
Asunción (, ) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of Asunción in the northwest separate the city from the Occidental Region of Paraguay and from Argentina in the south part of the city. The rest of the city is surrounded by the Central Department. Asunción is one of the oldest cities in South America and the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities#South America, longest continually inhabited area in the Río de la Plata Basin; for this reason it is known as "the Mother of Cities". From Asunción, Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish colonial expeditions departed to found other cities, including the second foundation of Buenos Aires, that of other important cities such as Villarrica, Paraguay, Villarrica, Corrientes, Santa Fe, Argentina, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Argentina, Córdoba, Santa Cruz de la Sie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
