Irman

The Irman was a steel-hulled cargo ship carrying salt. Already retired, she was sold to Navegação Irmãos Mansur and received two diesel engines in place of her triple-expansion steam engines. The ship was coming from Fortaleza at reduced speed, with one of the engines broken, and at night she approached the coast to enter the Baía de Todos os Santos and refuel. In strong wind she suddenly struck the rock ledge, drifted for a few hours and sank 500 metres from the beach. The Navy tugboats could not reach her because she was so close to the coast, and the crew were taken ashore by jangadas. Records disagree on the date and cause of the sinking: one speaks of a grounding on 18 April 1968, another of a collision on 15 July 1968.

One year after the accident, the sea had already destroyed most of the ship's structures. Among the wreckage you can still see two large diesel engines side by side with a generator set, the mast fallen to port and the stern lying upside down, with the shaft outlet still visible.