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
Crew member of the Faneromeni (Greece) Birth place – Birth date – Death date – Father – Mother – Joaquim Rodrigues was a stoker on board the Greek ship Faneromeni when it was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine … 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
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
Lourenço Marques (Portugal) Captain: Type: Passenger Steamer Tonnage: 6,281 Gt Owner: Companhia Nacional de Navegação (CNN) Homeport: Lisboa Built: Blohm & Voss, Germany (1905) At 12:10 am on December 2, 1942, a rescue-boat with 22 castaways from the Greek ship Cleanthis, sunk … Read more
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
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
