THE PORTUGUESE FISHERMEN IN THE NEW FOUNDLAND AND GREENLAND WATERS

The support/hospital vessel GIL EANNES and the bow of 4 masts steel schooner ARGUS/ The wooden m/v TERRA NOVA, an ex 3 masts schooner and its dories full of codfish, just arrived from a far distance of few miles/ A dory returning to its mother ship/ Two Portuguese War Navy Officers: Commander Henrique Tenreiro, at left, Portuguese Government delegate for fishery activities, which was the responsible for the fleet renovation. The other was Commander Tavares de Almeida, fleet leader in the Grand Banks, charge like a harbour master, embarked in the GIL EANNES/ A dory of the 3 masts wooden topsail schooner GAZELA 1º, seen on the background/ The fishermen, on board a schooner, working in the disembowel, washing and stowing in salt the codfishes.