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Thursday, 14 August 2025

Portuguese steamship Mello visited Cidade da Praie, Portuguese Cape Verde in October 1942

In his letter No. 1932 dated 26 October 1942 referred the German naval attaché in Portugal to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine at Berlin to the newspaper A Voz, Lisbon dated 18 October 1942 reporting that the Portuguese steamship Mello was lying at Cidade da Praie, Portuguese Cape Verde [since 1975 Republic of Cabo Verde] loaded with bags potatoes flour, 1,111 bagus sugar, 1,245 bags beans, 236 bags mais, 350 bags coffee, 200 sack mais flour, 1372.087 kilo mais in bulk and 47 drums lard.

Source

Bundesarchive. RM 11-18. German naval attaché in Portugal.

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