Portuguese Seamen

    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

    Officer on the Frimaire (France – Vichy) Birth place –  Birth date –  Death date – 15/06/1942  Fathe – Mother – Claudino Mendes dos Santos died aboard the French oil tanker “Frimaire”, sunk by the German U-boat U-68 near … Read more

    Ship: Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (USA) Birth place – Alcobaça (?) Birth date – Death date –   Father – Mother – António Pereira Balbino, cook on board of the American “Liberty Ship” Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, was one of the fatalities … Read more

    Crew member of the Longtaker (Panama) Birth place – Santo André de Canidelo (Vila Nova de Gaia) Birth date –  Death date –   Father – António Joaquim Correia Mother – João de Oliveira Correia was one of three survivors … Read more

    Crew member on the Ekatontarchos Dracoulis (Greece)  Birth place –  Birth date –  Death date –   Father – Mother – Bernardino Costa was a crew member of the Greek ship Ekatontarchos Dracoulis when it was torpedoed by U-44 west … Read more

    Saylor on the ship Hedrun (Sweden) Birth place –  Birth date –  Death date –   Father – Mother – The Portuguese authorities received the information about the disappearance of Alberto Nogueira in January 1941, but the sailor’s fate … Read more

        Crew member on the tug Walkirien (Denmark) Birth place – Olhão Birth date –  Death date – 09/02/1940  Father – Mother –         News of the death of José Francisco Reis published in the … Read more

    Ship: Nagpore (GB) Birth place – Mormugão (Portuguese India) Birth date – 1906 (?) Death date –   Father – Mother – Francisco de Sousa, 36, was one of the survivors of the English ship Nagpore, sunk on October … Read more

    Ship: Nagpore (GB) Birth place – Margão (Portuguese India) Birth date – 1926 (?) Death date –  Father – Mother – Arcelino da Silva, 16, was one of the survivors of the English freighter Nagpore, when it was sunk … Read more

    Ship: Stureborg (Sweden) Birth place – Birth date –  Death date –   Father – Mother – Alfredo da Silva Martins was on board the Swedish neutral freighter Stureborg, traveling under the flag of the International Red Cross, when … Read more

    Ship – Stureborg (Sweden) Birth place – Lisboa Birth date –  Death date – Father –  Mother –  Francisco Teodoro died aboard the Swedish neutral freighter Stureborg, traveling under the flag of the International Red Cross, when – on 14 … Read more

    Ship –  Evanthia (Greece) Birth place –  Birth date –  Death date –   Father – Mother – António Vicente was a crew member of the Greek ship Evanthia, sunk in the Mozambique Channel on November 28, 1942. In … Read more

    Saylor in thw Ship Stureborg (Swedish) Birth place – Miulezas, (?) Birth date – (39 anos years) Death date –   Father – Mother – António Amaral was on board the neutral freighter Stureborg, from Sweden but traveling under … Read more

    Ship: Cefalu (USA) Birth place –  Birth date –  Death date –   Father – Mother – Augusto Costa was a crew member on the American ship Cefalu in early 1943. Apart from a reference in the press to … Read more

    Ship: Nankin (England) Birth place – Goa Birth date – 05 /11 /1895 Death date –  Father – Mother – Salvador Almaida was a crew member of the British ship Nankin when it was boarded by the german auxiliary cruiser “Thor” on May 10, 1942. Ship and … Read more

    Quartermaster on the ship City of New York (USA) Birth place – Murça Birth date – 1903 Death date – 29/03/1942  Father /pai – Mother /mãe – Armando Augusto Ferreira died when the City of New York, the American … Read more

    Ship: Nankin (England) Birth place – Goa Birth date – 15 /08 /1895 Death date –  Father – Mother – Domingo Fernandes was a crew member of the British ship Nankin when it was boarded by the german auxiliary cruiser … Read more

    Ship: Aneroid (Panama) Birth place –  Birth date –  Death date – 10/02/1942 Father – Mother – António de Sousa was a stoker aboard the Panamanian Aneroid, when the ship was attacked by U-175 on October 2, 1942, while en … Read more

    Ship: Louisiana (USA) Birth place – Tavira, Portugal Birth date –  Death date – 17/08/1942 Father –  Mother –  Francisco Cândido Cebola was a able sailor aboard the American tanker Louisiana when it was sunk on August 17, 1942, 200 … Read more

    Ship – Nimba (Panama) Birth place –  Birth date – 1892 Death date – 13/09/1942 Father –  Mother –  Manuel Ferreria was a stoker aboard the Nimba, a Panamanian ship with a multinational crew, torpedoed by U-515 on September 13, 1942, … Read more