A perda do Encouraçado Britannia e a Divisão Naval em Operações de Guerra em 1918:

Francisco Eduardo Alves de Almeida

Francisco Eduardo Alves de Almeida Capitão de Mar e Guerra, professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Marítimos – PPGEM – da Escola de Guerra Naval. É um dos organizadores deste dossiê da Revista Navigator. Graduado, mestre e doutor em História pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Possui o pós-doutoramento pelo Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas da Universidade de Lisboa. Membro emérito do Instituto de Geografia e História Militar do Brasil.

Keywords: First World War, Battleship HMS Britannia, DNOG

Abstract

In november, 9th, 1918 the british suffered their last loss during the Great War, the sinking of the battleship Britannia by enemy torpedoes, dying about 50 seamen. According to the brazilian naval historiography this huge ship would be waiting for the arrival of the Brazilian Naval Division, called DNOG, in front of Gibraltar to guide the entrance of this division into the harbor. It is going to be discussed at first in this article the circunstances of that sinking in three different perspectives, from the british battleship, from the german submarine UB-50 and the DNOG points of view. In a second part it is intended to discuss whether the mission accorded to Britannia, to escort DNOG into the harbor was really effective and how it was reinterpreted by the brazilian naval historians after the end of the Great War

A The loss of the Battleship HMS Britannia and the Brazilian Naval Division in 1918

facts and controversies

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