Allegiance Portugal Years of service 1899-1918 Name Carvalho Araujo | Service/branch Portuguese Navy Commands held NRP Augusto Castilho | |
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Died October 14, 1918 (1918-10-15) (aged 37)
Atlantic Ocean Rank Captain-Lieutenant (posthumous) | ||
Breve Biografia Ilustrada de José Botelho de Carvalho Araújo
Jose Botelho de Carvalho Araujo (18 May 1881 – 14 October 1918) was a Portuguese Navy officer and colonial administrator.
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Life
Son of Jose de Carvalho Araujo Junior and Margarida Ferreira Botelho de Araujo, he was born in the northern city of Porto at the parish of Sao Nicolau, while his parents were visiting the city. Two months later, his parents returned to Vila Real in Tras os Montes where they lived.
After completing his studies at the Academia Politecnica do Porto, he enlisted in the Portuguese Navy in 1899.
He served on several ships: the frigate Dom Afonso, the corvette Duque da Terceira, the cruisers Vasco da Gama, Adamastor and Sao Rafael, the gunboats Zambeze, Liberal, Diu and Lurio, the tugboat Berrio and the transport ship Salvador Correia.
A strong supporter of the republican ideals, he was elected deputy after the proclamation of the Portuguese Republic and governor of the Inhambane district in the Portuguese colony of Mozambique.
He died on 14 October 1918, at the command of the Portuguese naval trawler NRP Augusto Castilho while protecting the cargo ship Sao Miguel from the attack of the German U-boat SM U-139, commanded by submarine ace Lothar von Arnauld de la Periere.