Albufeira (Portugal) Captain: Quirino Luiz de Carvalho Type: High Seas Fishing Boat Tonnage: 314,59 GB Owner: Companhia Portuguesa de Pesca Homeport: Lisbon Built: England (1916) On May 4, 1943, at 11 pm, the crew of the Portuguese fishing steamer Albufeira picked up ten … Read more
Civilian living in France Birth place – Chãos, Santarém Birth date – ??/??/1905 Death date – 21/04/1944 Father – Manuel Rosa Mother – Conceição Josefa Jacinto Rosa, his wife Júlia José da Conceição and their two children, both born … Read more
Crew member on the Ekatontarchos Dracoulis (Greece) Birth place – Birth date – Death date – Father – Mother – Bernardino Costa was a crew member of the Greek ship Ekatontarchos Dracoulis when it was torpedoed by U-44 west … Read more
Foca (Portugal) Captain: António Gama Lobo Type: Vapor de Longo Curso Tonnage: 1134 GT Owner: Soc. Geral de Comércio, indústria e Transportes, Lda. Homeport: Lisbon Built: Norway (1921) At 9.45 pm on March 30, 1943, the Portuguese steamer Foca, traveling between Cacheu, in Guinea Bissau, … Read more
. . The Wellington’s crew in Sagres. From left to right: Harry Heaps, W. Mclhinney, W. Buddle, Reg France e G. Hutchison (Picture Nuno Silva) Date … Read more
Sines (Portugal) Captain: João de Sena Azevedo Type: Vapor de Longo Curso Tonnage: 2,977 Gt Owner: Sociedade de Transportes Carvoeiros Homeport: Lisbon Built: Glasgow (1906) The Portuguese freighter Sines was on the way to Lisbon, after a trip to Philadelphia when, at two … 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) On March 14, 1943, the crew of the Portuguese steamer Lourenço Marques – traveling from the city of … Read more
Saylor on the ship Hedrun (Sweden) Birth place – Birth date – Death date – Father – Mother – The Portuguese authorities received the information about the disappearance of Alberto Nogueira in January 1941, but the sailor’s fate … Read more
Civilian living in France Birth place – Sabachina (?) Birth date – 20/03/1900 Death date – 27/05/1944 Father – Mother – José Oliveira and his family died on May 27, 1944, during a Allied bombing that targeted the coastal … Read more
. . . Funeral for the chief engineer of the Julia Ward Howe who died aboard the NRP Lima. (picture: “Vida Mundial” magazine) NRP Lima (Portugal) Capitain: Capitão-Tenente Sarmento Rodrigues Type: Destroyer Tonage: 1563 Gt Owner: Portuguese Navy Porto: Lisbon Construção: Yarrow, England … Read more
