NRP Augusto de Castilho
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NRP Augusto de Castilho was a warship in service of the Portuguese Navy during World War I.
It was sunk in combat while escorting the steamer São Miguel,{{cite web|URL=http://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/550.html|title=Ships hit during WWI, Augusto De Castilho|author= Guðmundur}} originating the last Portuguese casualties of that conflict.
Civilian service
Originally a steam-powered fishing vessel named Elite. The vessel was requisitioned by the Portuguese government to serve as a patrol boat during World War I.Saturnino Monteiro, page 141.
Naval service
On 23 March 1918 Augusto de Castilho, commanded by Lieutenant Augustus de Almeida Teixeira, was convoying the transport ship Loanda when a submarine was spotted. The Portuguese patrol ship opened fire at about {{convert|500|m|ft}} at the unidentified submarine, which dived promptly.{{cite magazine |author= |title= O paquete 'Loanda' e o 'Augusto de Castilho'|url=http://hemerotecadigital.cm-lisboa.pt/Periodicos/ACapital/1918/Abril/Abril_item1/P9.html |magazine=A Capital|location= Lisboa |date=April 4, 1918}} On 21 August 1918, commanded by Lieutenant Fernando de Oliveira Pinto, Augusto de Castilho attacked a large German submarine with gunfire that disappeared quickly.
On 13 October while escorting the passenger ship São Miguel, Augusto de Castilho, under the command of First Lieutenant Carvalho Araújo, sighted by the German submarine {{SMU|U-139}}. The submarine, commanded by Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, tried to attack the passenger ship but failed due to the intervention of Augusto de Castilho. The Portuguese patrol ship was armed with two Hotchkiss gun pieces, a 65 mm caliber gun at the bow and a 47 mm caliber gun at stern, while U-139 was armed with two 150 mm naval guns and six torpedo tubes. The Portuguese warship was sunk after a fierce two-hour battle with the loss of four crewmembers, among them Carvalho Araújo.{{cite web|URL=https://www.marinha.pt/pt/a-marinha/historia/combatesnavais|title=Combate do "Augusto de Castilho"|access-date=August 8, 2018}}James H. Guill, "the only battle of note that occurred near the Azores during this period took place 14 October 1918 between the German U-139 and Portugal's ships São Miguel and Augusto Castilho.", page 507.
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