On July 19, 1944, the German submarine U-861 torpedoed the Vital de Oliveira, sinking it and killing about 100 of the 270 ...
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Warship Sunk by the Nazis During World War II Located Off the Coast of BrazilA German submarine torpedoed the "Vital de Oliveira" in July 1944, killing some 100 of the 270 crew members onboard ...
The historic vessel "Vital de Oliveira" was positively identified more than a decade after an unsuspecting fisherman's net ...
It was the only Brazilian military vessel sunk by the enemy during World War II. Sonar imaging technology helped the ...
After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship torpedoed and sunk by Nazi Germany was definitively confirmed by Brazil’s navy ...
built in 1910 and outfitted as an auxiliary naval craft when Brazil entered World War II on the side of the Allies. It was transporting supplies, sailors and soldiers along the Brazilian coast ...
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