Amaral, António
Saylor in thw Ship Stureborg (Swedish) Birth place – Miulezas, (?) Birth date – (39 anos years) Death date – Father – Mother – António Amaral was on board the neutral freighter Stureborg, from Sweden but traveling under … Read more
Costa, Augusto
Ship: Cefalu (USA) Birth place – Birth date – Death date – Father – Mother – Augusto Costa was a crew member on the American ship Cefalu in early 1943. Apart from a reference in the press to … Read more
Shipwrecked from the British Cliftonhall helped by Angoche II
Angoche II (Portugal) Captain: Type: Tonnage: Owner: Homeport: Built: On June 13, 1942, 41 castaways from the Cliftonhall – sunk the day before by the Japanese submarine I-16 – entered the city of António Enes, in Mozambique. It is not … Read more
Hellenic Trader survivors were towed by the Nacala
Nacala (Portugal) Captain: Type: Thug Boat Tonnage: 2072 gt Owner: Companhia Nacional de Navegação Homeport: Lisbon Construção: England (1886) On the morning of June 12, 1942, the tugboat Nacala was returning to Mozambique towing whaleboats with shipwrecked of the British freighter Mahronda, when … Read more
Crew members from the Mahronda found by the Nacala
Nacala (Portugal) Captain: Type: Thug Boat Tonnage: 2072 gt Owner: Companhia Nacional de Navegação Homeport: Lisbon Construção: England (1886) On the morning of June 12, 1942, the tugboat Nacala entered the port of Mozambique, pulling three whaleboats with castaways from the British steamer … Read more
The Argus found survivors from the Empire Clough
Argus (Portugal) Captain: João Pereira Ramalheira Type: Cod Lugger Tonnage: 696 Owner: Parceria Geral das Pescas Homeport: Lisboa Built: Hensdem (Nederland) The crew of the Portuguese Argus, on the way from North Sidney, Nova Scotia, to the cod banks of Greenland, sighted, on … Read more
The NRP Gonçalves Zarco discovers castaways from Wilford
NRP Gonçalves Zarco (Portugal) Captain: Cap. Frag. Nuno Frederico Brion Type: Sloop Tonnage: 1784 t Owner: Portuguese Navy Homeport: Lisboa Built: Hawthorn-Leslie, England (1933) On June 13, 1942, at 4:15 pm, northwest of the island of Bazaruto, in the Mozambique Channel, the 2nd … Read more
Ep. 16 – The Maria da Glória Disaster
The Portuguese cod fish lugger Maria da Glória was sunk on June 5, 1942 by the German submarine U-94. It is about this attack and the death of 36 of the 44 crew members that we are going to talk … Read more
Ferreira, Armando Augusto
Quartermaster on the ship City of New York (USA) Birth place – Murça Birth date – 1903 Death date – 29/03/1942 Father /pai – Mother /mãe – Armando Augusto Ferreira died when the City of New York, the American … Read more
Crew from the Polyphemus rescued by the Maria Amélia and the Mirandella
Maria Amélia (Portugal) Captain: Vitorino Miranda Type: Merchant Steamer Tonnage: 1765 tn Owner: Sociedade Geral, Indústria e Transportes Homeport: Lisbon Built: Neptun A.G., Rostock, Alemanha (1913) Mirandella (Portugal) Captain: Henrique de Oliveira Type: Mercnaht Steamer Tonnage: 5179 tn Owner: Sociedade Geral de Comércio, Indústria … Read more