Brazilian Navy On July 19, 1944, a Nazi submarine torpedoed and sank the Vital de Oliveira, a Brazilian ship that transported troops during World War II. Now, more than 80 years later ...

The Brazilian vessel, named Vital de Oliveira, was attacked by a German submarine in 1944 and 100 of the 270 men onboard were killed. The wreck was found when the Brazilian Navy answered a call of ...

This war boat had been the only Brazilian ... alerted the Navy but the discovery was confirmed 14 years later. The Vital de Oliveira was sunk by the U-861 U-boat. The German submarine attacked ...

As recently as July, the Brazilian navy had told Brazil’s O Globo newspaper ... It was transporting supplies, sailors and soldiers along the Brazilian coast when a German U-boat struck its ...

Brazil’s ‘Vital de Oliveiro’ was attacked by Bazi Germany in the summer of 1942 (Picture: Brazilian Navy) A World War Two ship torpedoed by Adolf Hitler has been discovered along the coast ...