The Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1931-1932 reported that the Portuguese troop transport Sagres visited Tandjong Priok, Dutch East Indies between 21-24 August 1932. The Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 27 August 1932 reported her departure on 26 August towards Port Louis [Mauritius?]. Commanded by d’Oliveira. The edition dated 22 August reported her arrival on 21 August coming from Macau, commanded by Sohiveira.(1)
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1. Launched as Rickmer Rickmers by Rickmers Shipyard, Bremerhaven in August 1896, renamed Max in 1912, captured by Portuguese government at Horta, Azores in 1916, lent t the United Kingdom and renamed Flores, after the war returned to Portugal, commissioned in the Portuguese navy as NRP Sagres in 1924, renamed Santo André in 1962, hulked and sold in 1983 to the Verein Windjammer für Hamburg e.V., and retained original name as museumship.
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