The corvette Oliveira e Carmo and the Zambeze patrol, former ships of the Portuguese Navy, will be sunk this Tuesday, October 30, off Prainha, in Portimão, within the scope of the “Ocean Revival” project, which aims to create a center of attraction for underwater tourism.
This will be the first set of ships of a total of four that make up the “Ocean Revival", a pioneer project in Portugal at the underwater level, which, according to a press release from the Portuguese Navy, "will also allow to keep alive the memory of ships and their contribution to the Navy and to Portugal for current and future generations".
Next year, the sinking of the frigate Comandante Hermenegildo Capelo and the oceanographic vessel Almeida Carvalho are planned, as structures of artificial reefs.
The ships:
Former NRP Oliveira and Carmo
Weighing 1400 tons and 85 meters in length, the former NRP Oliveira e Carmo entered the service of the Navy on February 05, 1975 and was shot down on November 1, 2007, during this period the ship carried out several national and international missions.
The naming of Oliveira e Carmo was a tribute by the Navy to Second Lieutenant Jorge Oliveira e Carmo who was killed in combat in 1961, when he commanded the “Vega” Speedboat, by the forces of the Indian Union that invaded Portuguese India.
For his heroic act, he was promoted posthumously to the rank of Captain-Lieutenant and his achievement is still remembered today.
Former NRP Zambezi
It was increased to the number of Navy ships on 20 July 1972 and ended its operational life in 2003.
During the years 1972 and 1973, after a period of training and training by the garrison, he carried out some missions in the North and South Maritime Zones. On November 14, 1973, he left for Cape Verde for an Overseas Commission.
Between April 24, 1974 and May 10, 1974, he reinforced the device in Guinea-Bissau. Having returned to Cape Verde, he continued to carry out his mission until 25 February 1975 when he returned to Lisbon.
From 1975 until being slaughtered, it manned the naval apparatus of the Mainland and of the Autonomous Region of Madeira.
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