SENHORA DE FÁTIMA
The boat “SENHORA DE FÁTIMA”, owned by Cristóvão Mota Soares, was built in 1945 in a small Village called Capelas located on the northern coats of S. Miguel. Its’ registration is PD-320-B. According t its official document, the boat was classified as a “sailing and rowing whaling canoe” LOA = 10.85 m, beam = 1.92 m, depth = 0.72 m; gross tonnage = 12.923 cubic meters. In 1946, the boat was sent to the island of Graciosa, where Mr. Soares had a whaling company operating with two motorized tow boats and six whaleboats. It is known that the whaleboat “SENHORA DE FÁTIMA” was active during the 40s until the ban on whaling in the early ’80s, and then later abandoned on the wharf of Santa Cruz.
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Aug 31, 2011
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