Sarmento Rodrigues

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Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues (15 June 1899 – 1 August 1979)

As a junior officer, he embarked in the

In 1936, he was part of the Hydrographic Mission of the Adjacent Islands. He was put in charge in the survey of the seas of the Azores and the Madeira islands.

In 1941, he assumed the command of the torpedo-boat destroyer Lima, which he kept until 1945. Under his command, the Lima participated in various operations of rescues of torpedo ships in the seas of the Azores during World War II. He later attended Escola Superior Colonial.

As a senior official, he became a colonial administrator, being the

He died in Lisbon on 1 August 1979 at the age of 80.

He is an author of Ancoradouros das Ilhas dos Açores (Anchorage of the Azores Islands) and No Governo da Guiné: Discursos e Afirmações (1949).

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