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
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
Mouzinho (Portugal) Captain: Paulo Batista (?) Type: Long Range Steamer Tonnage: 5830 GT Owner: Companhia Colonial de Navegação Homeport: Luanda Built: Kiel, Alemanha (1907) It was around 3:30 pm on October 5, 1942, when the Portuguese steamer Mouzinho, traveling between Funchal and … Read More
Duas Gémeas (Portugal) Captain: José dos Santos Type: Motor fishing boat Tonnage: 9,2 GT Owner: Sociedade Chagas Salgado & Cª Homeport: Setúbal Built: José Amaro Peres (1928) Ilha Graciosa (Portugal) Captain: Alberto de Matos Franco Type: Long Range Fishing Boat Tonnage: Owner: Soc. Armadores … Read More
Cubango (Portugal) Captain: Type: Long Range Steamer Tonnage: 5,727 GT Owner: Companhia Nacional de Navegação Homeport: Lisbon Built: Germany (1903) The Portuguese steamer Cubango was returning to Lisbon when – on September 21, 1942 – the crew spotted a lifeboat with 13 castaways from … Read More
Cubango (Portugal) Captain: Type: Long Range Steamer Tonnage: 5,727 GT Owner: Companhia Nacional de Navegação Homeport: Lisbon Built: Germany (1903) In the late afternoon of October 5, 1942, the Portuguese steamer Cubango entered the port of Lisbon bringing 28 crew-members from 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
San Miguel (Portugal) Captain: António Dionísio Type: Mixed Steamer Tonnage: Owner: Companhia da Navegação Carregadores Açoreanos Homeport: Built: England On July 19, 1942, at 5.30 pm, the Portuguese steamer San Miguel, en route to the USA, was ordered to stop by U-332, … Read More
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
Cunene (Portugal) Captain: António Pinto e Neto Type: Merchant Steamer Tonnage: 5875 TB Owner: Sociedade Geral Port: Lisboa Built: Flensburger Schiffsbau, Flensburg, Alemanha (1911) Lobito (Portugal) Captain: Type: Long Range Steamer Tonnage: 2.719 TB Owner: Companhia Colonial de Navegação Homeport: Luanda (Angola) Built: Eiderwerft A.G., Tonning, Alemanha/ Germany (1906)
