Action of 14 October 1918

The action of 14 October was a naval engagement of the First World War when the Imperial German Navy submarine SM U-139 attacked the Portuguese civilian steamer São Miguel and the Portuguese Navy naval trawler NRP Augusto de Castilho in the Atlantic Ocean on 14 October 1918.

Action of 14 October 1918
Part of World War I
Atlantic U-boat Campaign

Portuguese Navy ship NRP Augusto de Castilho
Date14 October 1918
Location
Atlantic Ocean, 200 miles from Ponta Delgada, Azores
Result Portuguese naval trawler is sunk but accomplishes mission of protecting the civilian steamer
Belligerents
Portugal  German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Carvalho Araújo † Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière
Strength
1 naval trawler
1 civilian steamer		 1 Submarine
Casualties and losses
Naval trawler sunk with 6 dead and several wounded Submarine damaged, unknown human casualties
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