Panamian Ship - Portugal 1939-1945

Amarylis survivors found by NRP Gonçalves Zarco

1 December, 2022 by Carlos Guerreiro

NRP Gonçalves Zarco (Portugal) Captain: Joaquim Marques Esparteiro (Cap-Frag.) Type: Sloop Tonnage: 1784 t Owner: Portuguese Navy Homeport: Lisboa Built: Hawthorn-Leslie, England (1933) To avoid misunderstandings that could have serious consequences as they were living a wartime period, the Portuguese Navy sloop Gonçalves … Read More

Sea | Search & Rescue

The “Gronelândia” picked up the castaways from the “Trinidad”

9 February, 2019 by Carlos Guerreiro

Gronelândia (Portugal) Captain: João Fernandes Matias Type: Cod fish schooner Tonnage: 441 Owner: Armazéns José Luíz da Costa & Comp. Homeport: Lisbon Built: Portugal, 1922 Event: Rescued five crew memebers of the panamian ship Trinidad on the 25 September 1941. At the port of Leixões arrived on … Read More