an investigative campaign starts today and runs until 7th September, off Sagres, to locate the Italian sailboat sunk by the German submarine U-35 during World War I, on April 1, 24.
The initiative will be carried out by a team from the Portuguese Navy Naval Research Center (CINAV), led by commander Augusto Salgado and historian Jorge Russo.
This action will be supported by the Municipality of Vila do Bispo.
To celebrate this "interesting intervention that will seek to place the county's coastal zone on the maps of the 1st World War at a global level", a protocol will be signed between the municipality of Vila do Bispo and the Naval School (Portuguese Navy), on the 3rd of March September, at 15:00 pm, in the main hall of the City Hall.
The protocol defines the terms of the support granted by the municipality, in the amount of 15 thousand euros.
Then, there will be a lecture by the two researchers on this naval archeology project off Sagres.
The Vila do Bispo Council also emphasizes the support to be provided by some hotel units in Sagres to this project, namely Aparthotel Don Tenório, Aparthotel Navigator, Martinhal Resort and Pousada do Infante, as well as the restaurants Retiro do Pescador, Gigi, Oliveirinha , Adega dos Arcos, Pescador, A Grelha, Vigia, Dromedário/Bossa Nova and A Sagres, to the elements of the diving team and to this project of the Portuguese Navy.
This investigation deserved the attention of the “National Geographic” magazine in its August issue of the current year.
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