Qualla: MV Araraquara https://qualla.com/mv-araraquara en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:09 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/7/j/v/7/mv-araraquara-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: MV Araraquara https://qualla.com/mv-araraquara MV Araraquara: Introduction https://qualla.com/mv-araraquara/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. Many of her passengers had already gone to their cabins for the night. It was just after nine in the evening on August 15, 1942. The *Araraquara* was steaming north along the Bahia coast, about twenty nautical miles off the mouth of the Real River, bound for Recife with coastal mail, cargo, and civilian passengers. She had no idea that U-507, a German submarine operating under Kriegsmarine orders, had already killed hundreds of Brazilians that same evening and was waiting for her. Two torpedoes hit the starboard side one minute apart - one in the cargo hold, one in the engine room. She listed, burned, and went under in five minutes. A hundred and thirty-one people did not get off. Brazil was not at war. Within two weeks, she was.

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]]> Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/7/j/v/7/mv-araraquara-wp/7jv7-mv-araraquara-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full MV Araraquara: A Ship From Monfalcone https://qualla.com/mv-araraquara/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. The *Araraquara* was not a warship. She was a twin-screw motor ship built at Cantiere Navale Triestino in Monfalcone, on the Italian Adriatic, as yard number 176. Launched on August 1, 1927, completed that October, she joined the Lloyd Nacional fleet - a Brazilian shipping compan...

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