Saylor on Greek Ship Granicos Birth place – Válega, Ovar Birth date – Death date – Father – Francisco Rodrigues Mother – Maria Rodrigues In July 1943, the Portuguese authorities received information from the consular services in Italy that Joaquim … Read more
Saylor on the Greek Ship Dimitris Birth place – S. João Batista, Santo Antão – Cabo Verde Birth date – 10/01/1904 Death date – Father –João José da Luz Mother –Sinhorinha Franscisca Lima Eduardo João da Luz was … Read more
Saylor on the Panamian ship “Boka” Birth place – Santo Antão, Cape Verde Birth date – Death date – Father – Mother – António da Silva Júnior disappeared when the Panamanian ship “Boka,” on which he was a … Read more
Arendskerk (Netherlands) Captain: Cornelis Wijker Type: Motor Merchant Tonnage: 7,907 GT Owner: NV Vereenigde Nederlandsche Scheepvaart Mij Homeport: The Hague Built: Danzing (1938) On the morning of January 17, 1940, the Dutch ship “Poelau Bras” arrived in Lisbon, carrying 62 survivors … Read more
. The “Komet”, the german ship that captured the Goese seamen from the “Devon”. (Picture: Wikimedia Commons) In 1943, seventeen Goan seamen part of the British ship “Devon” crew , captured on 19 August 1941 by the German auxiliary cruiser “Komet” … Read more
Crew member of the Faneromeni (Greece) Birth place – Birth date – Death date – Father – Mother – Joaquim Rodrigues was a stoker on board the Greek ship Faneromeni when it was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine … Read more
Officer on the Frimaire (France – Vichy) Birth place – Birth date – Death date – 15/06/1942 Fathe – Mother – Claudino Mendes dos Santos died aboard the French oil tanker “Frimaire”, sunk by the German U-boat U-68 near … Read more
Ship: Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (USA) Birth place – Alcobaça (?) Birth date – Death date – Father – Mother – António Pereira Balbino, cook on board of the American “Liberty Ship” Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, was one of the fatalities … 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
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
