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Aelybryn survivors rescued by the Lourenço Marques

11 March, 2023 by Carlos Guerreiro

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

Sea | Search & Rescue

The NRP Bartolomeu Dias found Dagomba survivors

9 November, 2022 by Carlos Guerreiro

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

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Crew members from the Mahronda found by the Nacala

10 June, 2022 by Carlos Guerreiro

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

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The Argus found survivors from the Empire Clough

9 June, 2022 by Carlos Guerreiro

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

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The Almirante Sousa e Faro picked the men from the Dago

13 March, 2022 by Carlos Guerreiro

Almirante Sousa e Faro (Portugal) Captain: José André dos Santos Type: Rescue Boat Tonnage: Owner: Portuguese Rescue Institute (ISN) Homeport: Peniche Built: The attack on the British freighter Dago, carried out by a Luftwaffe Fw 200 Condor, was seen from land, leading … Read More

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“Angola” found survivors from the “Wray Castle”

25 February, 2019 by Carlos Guerreiro

Angola (Portugal) Captain: Nazareth Cardoso Type: Long Range Steamer Tonnage: 7884 Owner: Companhia Nacional de Navegação  Homeport: Lisboa/ Lisbon Built: Bélgica, 1912 Event: On 4 may 1941 it rescued 43 shipwreked from the ship “Wray Castle” sunk the day before. The passenger ship “Angola” travelled … Read More

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“Gorgulho” picked up survivors from the “Aurillac”

22 February, 2019 by Carlos Guerreiro

Gorgulho (Portugal) Captain: António João Pereira Type: Motor Merchant Tonnage: Owner: Parceria Geral de Pescarias Homeport: Lisbon Built: Event: Picked up 21 survivors form the “Aurillac” Sunk by the Italian submarine Enrico Tazzoli on 15 April 1941. At 3.25 am on April 25, … Read More

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The “Nyassa” picked up 23 survivors from the British “Andaluzian”

21 February, 2019 by Carlos Guerreiro

Nyassa (Portugal) Captain: Bettencourt Type: Tonnage: Owner: Companhia Nacional de Navegação  Homeport: Lisboa Built: Event: Rescued 23 crew members from the British Andaluzian, sunk by U.106. The “Nyassa” was returning from a trip to the African colonies when, on 20 March 1941, they … Read More

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“Tarrafal” picked up 85 survivors from “Clan Macdougall”

20 February, 2019 by Carlos Guerreiro

Tarrafal (Cabo Verde, Portugal) Captain: Type: Coastal Steamer, water tanker Tonnage: 111,82 Owner: Ferro & Comp Ld Homeport: São Vicente, Cabo Verde Built: Leith, England (1930) Event: Found on the 1 June 1941 85 survivors from the British merchant  “Clan Macdougall”, sunk the day … Read More

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“Mirandella” found the shipwrecked from the “Queen Maud”

20 February, 2019 by Carlos Guerreiro

Mirandella (Portugal) Capitão: J.(?) Oliveira Type: Long Range Merchant Steamer Tonnage: 5179 Owner: Sociedade Geral de Comércio Indústria e Transportes Lda. Homeport: Lisboa Built: Gemany, 1906 Event: They found a lifeboat with survivors of the “Queen Maud” but when they wanted to … Read More

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