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
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
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
. . . 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
. . . 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)
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
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
