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156: 116: 136: 104: 43: 473:, built in 1909, had been requisitioned by the Portuguese government and transferred to the service of the Portuguese Navy which adapted it to serve as an escort ship following Portugal's entering into the war in 1916. The ship was equipped with two small 742: 654: 571:
after 48 hours with 29 of the survivors, with one of the injured sailors having died during their journey. The other life boat, with 12 survivors onboard arrived at the island of
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by lowering the national flag and raising a white flag. However, the German submarine continued firing, hitting the patrol ship with a direct shot which killed Araújo and injured
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the only battle of note that occurred near the Azores during this period took place 14 October 1918 between the German U-139 and Portugal's ships São Miguel and Augusto Castilho.
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Armando Ferraz for a second time. After receiving orders from the Midshipman to abandon ship, the Portuguese survivors were able to enter in two
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Portuguese naval trawler is sunk but accomplishes mission of protecting the civilian steamer
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s last and as a few weeks later the submarine surrendered to France on 24 November 1918.
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After two hours of fierce but one-sided fighting, and with several fatal casualties on
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archipelago, with 206 passengers and several tons of cargo on board.
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came under fire at 06:15 AM on 14 October from the German
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received the mission of escorting the Portuguese civilian
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Index

World War I
Atlantic U-boat Campaign

Ponta Delgada
Azores
Portugal
German Empire
Carvalho Araújo

German Empire
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière
naval trawler
civilian steamer
Submarine
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Blockade
U-boat operations
Convoys
Northern Patrol
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Cap Trafalgar
Gulflight
Lusitania
Baralong
Carolina
Falkland Islands
16 January 1916
10 March 1917

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