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Sinking of Naval Ship
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TomUK
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Re: Sinking of Naval Ship
Here's some 'cowboy style' cut and paste giving some insight into the name of the ship . . .
Oliveira e Carmo was born in Santo Estêvão, council of Alenquer, on September 26th 1936.
In 1961 he was named commander of the inspection boat "Vega" , a "micro-warship" made up of a 20mm machine gun and an eight-man crew to guarantee the maritime defence of Diu in Portuguese India. Just as with the "Afonso de Albuquerque", on December 17th 1961 the "Vega" was involved in confrontations with the Indian Union, being overflown by eight Indian Air Force 'Vampire' jets and attacked by the "Delhi" cruiser. Obeying orders from the Army Chief of Staff, it was seen as an unequal confrontation because Portugal, in India, had scant and scarce means and had been taken by surprise by the immense and robust arsenal (and its effective use) of the Indian Union:
Shrouded in white so that, according to him, "I would die with more honour ", Oliveira e Carmo died heroically on December 18th, 1961, from shots to the chest, after his legs had already been riddled with machine gun fire. His ship sank with two sailors from his crew also dead and with five others surviving, three of whom were seriously injured.
The Commander became patron of the Oliveira e Carmo corvette. He was posthumously decorated with the Military Order of the Tower and Sword and with the Military Bravery Medal, and promoted to Lieutenant Captain.
There is fuller detail of the skirmish and the Vega's five surviving crew members' heroic survival struggles here:- http://www.oceanrevival.pt/en/navios/ol ... trono.html
Oliveira e Carmo was born in Santo Estêvão, council of Alenquer, on September 26th 1936.
In 1961 he was named commander of the inspection boat "Vega" , a "micro-warship" made up of a 20mm machine gun and an eight-man crew to guarantee the maritime defence of Diu in Portuguese India. Just as with the "Afonso de Albuquerque", on December 17th 1961 the "Vega" was involved in confrontations with the Indian Union, being overflown by eight Indian Air Force 'Vampire' jets and attacked by the "Delhi" cruiser. Obeying orders from the Army Chief of Staff, it was seen as an unequal confrontation because Portugal, in India, had scant and scarce means and had been taken by surprise by the immense and robust arsenal (and its effective use) of the Indian Union:
Shrouded in white so that, according to him, "I would die with more honour ", Oliveira e Carmo died heroically on December 18th, 1961, from shots to the chest, after his legs had already been riddled with machine gun fire. His ship sank with two sailors from his crew also dead and with five others surviving, three of whom were seriously injured.
The Commander became patron of the Oliveira e Carmo corvette. He was posthumously decorated with the Military Order of the Tower and Sword and with the Military Bravery Medal, and promoted to Lieutenant Captain.
There is fuller detail of the skirmish and the Vega's five surviving crew members' heroic survival struggles here:- http://www.oceanrevival.pt/en/navios/ol ... trono.html
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Bruce Wallis
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Re: Sinking of Naval Ship
If you need a timeline Dartmouth 1964.........left in 1966 Did marine electronics then joined P&O...OK??SAM SPARKLE wrote:Confused, you stated your time at Dartmouth Naval College, now you mention the Merchant Marine, which was it ? Did the Royal Navy reject you?
Did they reject me? I guess they did as I wanted to fly, but washed out....as many of us did.
Do you feel better now??