British Endeavour (GB) Captain: Thomas Weatherhead Type: Steam tanker Tonnage: 4,580 GT Owner: British Tanker Co Ltd, London Homeport: London Built: W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne The 33 survivors of the British Endeavour arrived in Funchal, Madeira, on 26 February 1940 aboard … 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
NRP Pedro Nunes (Portugal) Captain: Capitão-de-Fragata Artur Paulo Correia Monteiro Type: Sloop Tonnage: 1217 Gt Owner: Portuguese Navy Homeport: Lisbon Built: Navy Arsenal , Lisbon (1935) On the morning of August 31, 1942, when the Portuguese Navy Sloop Pedro Nunes was … Read more
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
