MV Barima (Wikipedia article)

What this source establishes

The MV Barima entry is a collaboratively edited encyclopedia article, not original reporting. The 26 July version gives the vessel as Guyana-flagged, launched 9 May 1939, with capacity for 394 passengers and 18 crew and carrying 250 life jackets, six inflatable life rafts and two rigid life rafts. It states departure about 15:15 with 179 aboard, capsizing around 23:00 after a large wave, and 73 bodies recovered, 76 rescued and 30 missing by 24 July. Its lede's '162 passengers and 17 crew' does not match 179 used elsewhere.

Key claims

• Vessel carried 250 life jackets, six inflatable life rafts and two rigid life rafts - the only lifesaving-equipment inventory located in this corpus
• Capacity given as 394 passengers and 18 crew
• At least 15 children and 13 crew members among the dead; 15 children and 11 women among the rescued
• The captain and three other crew members survived
• Guyana paid tribute at the 2026 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
• [CONTESTED] The lede gives 'at least 162 passengers and 17 crew', inconsistent with the 179 total used elsewhere in the same article

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