. . . Picking up castaways from the American ships City of Flynt and Julia Ward Howe. (Picture: “Vida Mundial Ilustrada” magazine) NRP Lima (Portugal) Capitain: Capitão-Tenente Sarmento Rodrigues Type: Destroyer Tonage: 1563 Gt Owner: Portuguese Navy Porto: Lisbon Construção: Yarrow, England (1933)
Civilian living in France Birth place – Vila Nova de Ourém Birth date – 14/03/1908 Death date – 06/06/1944 Father – Mother – Manuel da Graça, born in Vila Nova de Ourém, central Portugal, was one of … Read more
Crew member on the tug Walkirien (Denmark) Birth place – Olhão Birth date – Death date – 09/02/1940 Father – Mother – News of the death of José Francisco Reis published in the … Read more
Portuguese civilian living in France Birth place – Braga Birth date – 19/08/1896 Death date – 21/05/1940 Father – Mother – Maria Augusta da Costa Manuel José da Costa (Manoel, according to French records) died on May 21, 1940, … Read more
NRP Gonçalves Zarco (Portugal) Captain: Joaquim Marques Esparteiro (Cap-Frag.) Type: Sloop Tonnage: 1784 t Owner: Portuguese Navy Homeport: Lisboa Built: Hawthorn-Leslie, England (1933) To avoid misunderstandings that could have serious consequences as they were living a wartime period, the Portuguese Navy sloop Gonçalves … Read more
Lourenço Marques (Portugal) Captain: Type: Passenger Steamer Tonnage: 6,281 Gt Owner: Companhia Nacional de Navegação (CNN) Homeport: Lisboa Built: Blohm & Voss, Germany (1905) At 12:10 am on December 2, 1942, a rescue-boat with 22 castaways from the Greek ship Cleanthis, sunk … Read more
NRP Bartolomeu Dias (Portugal) Captain: Caetano Coucello (Capitão de Mar e Guerra) Type: Sloop Tonnage: 2475 Gt Owner: Portuguese Navy Homeport: Lisbon Built: Hawthorne Leslie, Newcastle, GB (1935) On the night of November 13, 1942, the watch officer aboard the Portuguese … Read more
Ship: Nagpore (GB) Birth place – Mormugão (Portuguese India) Birth date – 1906 (?) Death date – Father – Mother – Francisco de Sousa, 36, was one of the survivors of the English ship Nagpore, sunk on October … Read more
Ship: Nagpore (GB) Birth place – Margão (Portuguese India) Birth date – 1926 (?) Death date – Father – Mother – Arcelino da Silva, 16, was one of the survivors of the English freighter Nagpore, when it was sunk … Read more
Mouzinho (Portugal) Captain: Paulo Batista (?) Type: Long Range Steamer Tonnage: 5830 GT Owner: Companhia Colonial de Navegação Homeport: Luanda Built: Kiel, Alemanha (1907) It was around 3:30 pm on October 5, 1942, when the Portuguese steamer Mouzinho, traveling between Funchal and … Read more
