Wellington Star (GB) Captain: Trevor Williams Type: Motor Merchant Tonnage: 13,212 GT Owner: Blue Star Line Lda. Homeport: Belfast Built: Harland & Wolf, Belfatst At 2:00 p.m. on 23 June 1940, 17 survivors from the Wellington Star, sunk on the 16th by … 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
On September 6, 1939, at 2 pm, the tug Europa I left the port of Lisbon for the bay of Cascais where it met the Dutch ship Eidanger carrying shipwrecks from the British freighter Bosnia, sunk the previous day. By … Read more
Angola (Portugal) Captain: Nazareth Cardoso Type: Long Range Steamer Tonnage: 7884 GT Owner: Companhia Nacional de Navegação Homeport: Lisbon Built: Belgium, 1912 The Portuguese steamer “Angola” was traveling between the island of São Tomé and Funchal, in Madeira, when, on November 19, 1943, it … Read more
Africa Shell (GB) Captain: Patrick G. G. Dove Type: Tanker Tonnage: 706 GT Owner: Shell Company of East Africa Homeport: Londres London Built: George Brown & Co., Greenock, UK Two rescue boats carrying 28 castaways from the British tanker Africa Shell arrived on … Read more
Luabo (Portugal) Captain: Type:Steam Merchant Tonnage: 1453 GT Owner: Companhia Nacional de Navegação Homeport: Lisbon Built: Russel & Co, Glasgow (1909) The first lifeboat with 20 castaways from the British City of Canton arrived near Pinda lighthouse on July 18, 1943, just over … Read more
Inhambane (Portugal) Captain: Lourenço Fernandes (?) Type: Merchant Steamer Tonnage: 3600 GT Owner: Soc. Geral de Comércio, Indústria e Transportes Homeport: Lisbon Built: J. C. Tecklemborg, Alemanha (1912) On July 22, 1943, the Portuguese steamer Inhambane was in a return trip from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Lisbon, … Read more
NRP Afonso de Albuquerque (Portugal) Captain: José de Brito (Cap. de Mar e Guerra) Type: Sloop Tonnage: 2440 GT Owner: Portuguese Navy Port: Lisbon Built: Hawthorn Leslie and Company (1935) At thirteen hours and twelve minutes on November 29, 1942, the crew of … Read more
Kabalo (Belgium) Captain: Georges Vegels Type: Merchant Steamer Tonnage: 5186 GT Owner: Agence Maritime International Homeport: Antu érpia – Antwerp Built: Birkenhead, GB (1917) On the afternoon of October 19, 1940, the Portuguese Internal Affairs Minister’s office received a telegram from the Governor of … Read more
Chaimite (Portugal) Captain: Type: Tug Tonnage: 475 GT Owner: Mozambique Provincial Government Homeport: Lourenço Marques Built: Delfzijl – Países Baixos Netherlands Nossa Senhora dos Milagres (Portugal) Captain: Type: Fishing Ship Tonnage: Owner: Homeport: Lourenço Marques Built: The tug Chaimite and the fishing vessel … Read more
