Sequipe

Sequipe is the barge Navelloyde No 4, owned by Lloyd Brasileiro, one of three barges (Navelloyde 3, 4 and 5) built in 1927 at the A. A. Simões shipyard in Santos to load sacked cargo onto the company's ships. Steel-hulled and with no propulsion of its own, this Brazilian barge left Rio de Janeiro empty on 27 October, towed by the Curitiba, another Lloyd ship, under the command of Captain Manoel Dias de La Velha Gomes. No stops were planned for the voyage, but shortly after leaving Maceió, on 6 November 1935, the barge began taking on water and sank. The cause is unknown; another account attributes the sinking to bad weather.

The name Sequipe II is fixed to the deck, and fishermen call the wreck the 'draga nova' (new dredge), to set it apart from the Draguinha, the 'draga velha' (old dredge). The barge sits in sailing position, and the scene is dominated by a cargo conveyor belt tilted at about 30°, with a winch system beneath it. The deck has 8 large bolted hatches, of which only two are open.

Many fish shelter under the cargo conveyor. The wreck is known for its rays, and it is also common to find turtles, moray eels and many other fish. In one dive report, several schools of fish appeared along with a huge raia-prego, which followed the divers for the entire dive. In Maceió, the best season tends to run from September to March, when the water is clearer and the sea calmer.