Portuguese sail training ship Sagres underway to the Azores in August 1941

In his letter No. 1023dated Lisbon 6 August 1941 reported the German naval attaché in Portugal to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine at Berlin the departure of the Portuguese sail training ship Sagres for a training cruise towards Funchal, Horta, Angra do Heroisme and Ponta Delgada, Azores.On board were members of the so-called State Youth (Mocidade Portuguesa) who were blessed by the bishop of Helenopolis before going on board. The Sagres arrived on 5 August at Funchal and was expected to be back at Lisbon on 31 August.

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