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From South Africa to Timor: the most remarkable missions of the ship NRP Afonso de Albuquerque

Thursday, 15 January 2026RSS
From South Africa to Timor: the most remarkable missions of the ship NRP Afonso de Albuquerque

During a training voyage in 1941, the cadets of the NRP Afonso de Albuquerque helped save lives after a ship was sunk by German submarines off South Africa and witnessed the horror of the Japanese invasion of Timor.

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