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    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

  Civillian residing in Malacca Birth place – Malacca Birth date –  05/04/1890 Death date – 28/01/1953 Father – Emanuel Augustin Dias Mother –Antónia Donilda De Rosa Vincent Dias, was one of 17 accused of anti-Japan espionage, detained and tortured by the Japanese Kempeitai … 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

    Ship: Stureborg (Sweden) Birth place – Birth date –  Death date –   Father – Mother – Alfredo da Silva Martins was on board the Swedish neutral freighter Stureborg, traveling under the flag of the International Red Cross, when … Read more

    Portuguese civilian living in France Birth place – Birth date – Death date –  Father –  Mother –  João Emílio Pereira was shot by the Germans on April 14, 1944, at the Weimar-Buchenwald camp. The information of his … Read more

Duas Gémeas (Portugal) Captain: José dos Santos Type: Motor fishing boat Tonnage: 9,2 GT Owner: Sociedade Chagas Salgado & Cª Homeport: Setúbal Built: José Amaro Peres (1928) Ilha Graciosa (Portugal) Captain: Alberto de Matos Franco Type: Long Range Fishing Boat Tonnage: Owner: Soc. Armadores … Read more

    Sargent US Army Air Forces Unit –  Birth place – Fall River, Mass. Birth date – 30/09/1919 Death date – 20/09/2002 Father – Herman Sousa Pacheco Mother –  The Portuguese-descendant and Technical-Sargeant Herman Sousa Pacheco Jr. was a gunner … Read more

Thousands of Portuguese emigrated to the United States of America at the end of the 19th century and throughout the 20th century. The largest communities were – and still are – found in the New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, … Read more

Cubango (Portugal) Captain: Type: Long Range Steamer Tonnage: 5,727 GT Owner: Companhia Nacional de Navegação  Homeport: Lisbon Built: Germany  (1903) The Portuguese steamer Cubango was returning to Lisbon when – on September 21, 1942 – the crew spotted a lifeboat with 13 castaways from … Read more