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Portuguese Pass/cargo liner GUIN? (2), imo 5602521/ 96m/ 2.557gt/ twin screw/ 12kn/ 135pax; 04/1905 completed by Sir Raylton, Dixon & Co., Ltd., Middleborough, as SAN MIGUEL for Empresa Insulana de Navega??o, Lisbon; 23/03/1918 while in transit Funchal/Ponta Delgada, transporting 206 passengers, escorted by patrol ship NRP AUGUSTO DE CASTILHO, which was originally the codfishing trawler ELITE, built in 1909/ 48,76m/ 801gt/ 09kn/ operated by a alternative steam machine with the power of 704 HP. Requisitioned by the Portuguese Navy on 13/06/1916, was initially with an artillery piece Hotchkiss of 47mm in hunting. Later she was also mounted a second piece, a retreat and later the play of forward was replaced by a Hotchkiss of 65mm. The offshore patrol, the NRP AUGUSTO DE CASTILHO had a number of meetings with German submarines. 23/03/1918, while outbound from Lisbon to Funchal, commanded by the First Lieutenant Augusto Teixeira de Almeida, escorts the pass/cargo liner LOANDA, opened fire about 500m on an enemy submarine which promptly plunged. On 21/08/1918, sailing off the coast of Cap Raso, commanded by First Lieutenant Fernando de Oliveira Pinto, attacked with artillery, firing a big German submarine that quickly disappeared. On 14/10/1918, while sailing from the port of Funchal to the Ponta Delgada, commanded by First Lieutenant Jose Botelho de Carvalho Araujo, the NRP AUGUSTO DE CASTILHO escorts the pass/cargo liner SAN MIGUEL, owned by Empresa Insulana de Navega??o, which in turn was commanded by captain Moniz Caetano de Vasconcelos and carrying 206 passengers and many tons of different cargo. At the early morning, the two Portuguese vessels, were sighted by the German submarine U-139, which tried to reach the liner, the submarine did not succeeded because the NRP AUGUSTO DE CASTILHO fearless, put up between the U-139 and SAN MIGUEL. In the unequal battle that followed, and that incredibly lasted for more than two hours, lost his life the heroic commander Carvalho Araujo and another six elements of its garrison of 42 men. The disproportion of power was so great that the outcome of the fight was traced just from the start, looking at the offensive potential of each of the opposing. The Portuguese patrol ship, with two artillery pieces Hotchkiss, with a caliber of 65mm. and another of 47mm. while the submarine U-139, was one of the largest and most modern of the Imperial German Navy, and had two pieces of artillery of 150mm. and six torpedo launch tubes. The fact of the pass/cargo liner SAN MIGUEL had increased her speed to the maximum and on the other hand the bravery and tenacity of commander Carvalho Araujo, put his patrol ship between the submarine and helped the Portuguese liner reached Ponta Delgada with its 206 passengers and 54 crew unharmed and its many tons of cargo intact. In the NRP AUGUSTO DE CASTILHO the exhausted ammunition, was forced to surrender, not without their gunners have repeatedly hit the submarine of everything that the Germans managed to loot, he has been sunk with loads of demolition raised by the Germans. Perhaps his fate had been other, if the Portuguese ships, during the war, have pieces of artillery with higher caliber, as on several occasions, claimed their commanders. The commander of the submarine was German Lothar von Arnauld de la Peri?re, with 194 ships and 453.716 gross register tons sunk. He still is the most successful submarine ace ever. 36 survivors in a damaged lifeboat and an improvised raft, commanded by chief mate Armando Ferraz reached the Ponta do Arnel, San Miguel Island, in 48 hours after, on the 20/10/1918. In 1920 the U-139 commander report, where they weave wide praise the courage of the commander Carvalho Ara?jo, a fact that apparently allowed the Portuguese Parliament grant the widow's pension was posted significant. 1930 GUIN?, Companhia Colonial de Navega??o, Lisbon, who employed her in the Lisbon, Las Palmas, Cape Verde Islands and Portuguese Guinea; WW2 made some voyages to the USA east coast ports; 03/07/1950 arrived Barrow for breaking up. Sources: Miramar Ship Index, U-boat Net, Militaryphotos Net.

Username	Rui Amaro
Armatore	Companhia Colonial de Navega??o, Lisbon
Ship manager
Numero IMO	imo 5602521
Classificazione	Passenger/cargo liner
Cantiere e anno di costruzione	04/1905 completed by Sir Raylton, Dixon & Co., Ltd., Middleborough
Data	late 40's
Luogo	Lisbon
Aggiunta il	01/12/2013
Dimensioni	800 x 506
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