Powered by RedCircle A naval air battle that led to the death of seven German airmen; a lighthouse keeper who spied the movement of Allied ships on the Atlantic; a bumpy landing of an American plane and its transport to … Read More
Saylor in thw Ship Stureborg (Swedish) Birth place – Miulezas, (?) Birth date – (39 anos years) Death date – Father – Mother – António Amaral was on board the neutral freighter Stureborg, from Sweden but traveling under … Read More
Ship: Cefalu (USA) Birth place – Birth date – Death date – Father – Mother – Augusto Costa was a crew member on the American ship Cefalu in early 1943. Apart from a reference in the press to … Read More
Civil residente na Bélgica / Civilian living in Belgium Birth place – Birth date – Death date – Father – Mother – José Pereira dos Penedos was arrested on November 23, 1944 by the Belgian authorities, accused of … Read More
Angoche II (Portugal) Captain: Type: Tonnage: Owner: Homeport: Built: On June 13, 1942, 41 castaways from the Cliftonhall – sunk the day before by the Japanese submarine I-16 – entered the city of António Enes, in Mozambique. It is not … Read More
Nacala (Portugal) Captain: Type: Thug Boat Tonnage: 2072 gt Owner: Companhia Nacional de Navegação Homeport: Lisbon Construção: England (1886) On the morning of June 12, 1942, the tugboat Nacala was returning to Mozambique towing whaleboats with shipwrecked of the British freighter Mahronda, when … Read More
Nacala (Portugal) Captain: Type: Thug Boat Tonnage: 2072 gt Owner: Companhia Nacional de Navegação Homeport: Lisbon Construção: England (1886) On the morning of June 12, 1942, the tugboat Nacala entered the port of Mozambique, pulling three whaleboats with castaways from the British steamer … Read More
Argus (Portugal) Captain: João Pereira Ramalheira Type: Cod Lugger Tonnage: 696 Owner: Parceria Geral das Pescas Homeport: Lisboa Built: Hensdem (Nederland) The crew of the Portuguese Argus, on the way from North Sidney, Nova Scotia, to the cod banks of Greenland, sighted, on … Read More
NRP Gonçalves Zarco (Portugal) Captain: Cap. Frag. Nuno Frederico Brion Type: Sloop Tonnage: 1784 t Owner: Portuguese Navy Homeport: Lisboa Built: Hawthorn-Leslie, England (1933) On June 13, 1942, at 4:15 pm, northwest of the island of Bazaruto, in the Mozambique Channel, the 2nd … Read More
The Portuguese cod fish lugger Maria da Glória was sunk on June 5, 1942 by the German submarine U-94. It is about this attack and the death of 36 of the 44 crew members that we are going to talk … Read More
