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S/S PORTUGAL

Lost during the Second World War

22crew
22lost
Tonnage
1,509 GRT
Date
20 January 1941
The entire crew was lost.

Crew list (22 names)

The voyage

Departure
Gibraltar · 8 January 1941
Destination
Liverpool · never reached
Sunk
20 January 1941

The date of departure comes from the convoy records: she sailed with convoy HG.50.

RankNameNationalityFate
Master (Kapitein)†Messiant ArmandLost
1st Officer (1ste officier)†Asbjorn UtneNorwayLost
2nd Officer (2de officier)†Nagelstadt TorkelNorwayLost
Boatswain (Bootsman)†Howell EgbertUnited KingdomLost
Able Seaman (A.B.)†Doherty JohnUnited KingdomLost
Able Seaman (A.B.)†Link PaulEstoniaLost
Able Seaman (A.B.)†Russel StephenUnited KingdomLost
Able Seaman (A.B.)†Uren HughesUnited KingdomLost
Ordinary Seaman (Lichtmatroos)†Rivero AmadoCubaLost
Ordinary Seaman (Lichtmatroos)†Shaw RobertUnited KingdomLost
Chief Engineer (Chef-mecanicien)†Ballieu AugustLost
2nd Engineer Officer (2de mecanicien)†Mathos AlvaroPortugalLost
3rd Engineer Officer (3de mecanicien)†Robles MathiasPortugalLost
Donkeyman†Augusto FranciscoPortugalLost
Fireman (Stoker)†Duffy JohnUnited KingdomLost
Fireman (Stoker)†Mac Intyre PhilipUnited KingdomLost
Fireman (Stoker)†Meah DannahBritish IndiaLost
Fireman (Stoker)†Paulsen JorgenDenmarkLost
Fireman (Stoker)†Segui GuySenegalLost
Steward†Hudson AlbertUnited KingdomLost
Cook (Kok)†Wuest JeanSwitzerlandLost
Baker (Bakker)†El Aouar MohammedSyriaLost

Convoys (3)

From the Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Convoys only, not independent voyages: a ship sailing alone does not appear. See the convoy page.

ConvoyDepartedRouteSunk
OG.424 September 1940Liverpool – Gibraltar
HG.4631 October 1940Gibraltar – Liverpool3 sunk
HG.508 January 1941Gibraltar – Liverpool2 sunk

The source’s search page broke off halfway for this ship; this list may be incomplete.

Sources

Crew list from the printed source.