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Monday, 19 January 2026

British tug Brigant visited Ponte Delgada, São Miguel, Azores in October 1941

In his letter No. 1519 dated Lisbon 29 October 1941 reported the German naval attaché in Portugal to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine at Berlin the arrival of the British tug Brigant at Ponte Delgada, São Miguel, Azores on 26 October and after loading supplies immediately departed.(1)

Note

1. Similar  the British navy rescue tug HMS Brigand W83, launched by Fleming&Ferguson Ltd., Pisley, Scotland on 8 July 1937, commissioned in January 1838 and sold to be broken up at Italy on 23 September 1960?

Source

Bundesarchive. RM 11-17. German naval attaché in Portugal.

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