Companhia Nacional de Navegação

Portugal

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Sailings January-June 1938
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Lourenço Marques
Moçambique
Lisbon, Funchal, São Vicente, Praia, Fernando Póo, Príncipe, São Tomé, Cabinda, Sazaire, Ambriz, Luanda, Porto Amboim, Novo Redondo, Lobito, Benguela, Porto Alexandre.
Return voyages called at Mossamedes before Benguela.
Nyassa
Quanza
Angola
Lisbon, Funchal, São Tomé, Pointe Noire, Luanda, Porto Amboim, Lobito, Mossamedes, Cape Town, Lourenço Marques, Beira, Moçambique.
Return voyages omitted Beira.

Sailings January-December 1960 (issued December 1959) for:
Angola, Moçambique, Niassa, India, Timor

Ports of call:
Lisbon, Funchal, São Tomé, Luanda, Lobito, Moçamedes, Cid. do Cabo, Lourenço Marques, Beira, Moçambique, Nacala;
Lisbon, Las Palmas, Tenerife, São Tomé, Pointe Noire, Luanda, Lobito, Moçamedes;
Lisbon, Port Said, Suez, Aden, Mormugão, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dili
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Sailings December 1964-December 1965 (issued November 1964)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Principe Perfeito Lisbon, Funchal, Luanda, Lobito, Cape Town, Durban, Lourenço Marques, Beira.
Moçambique
Angola
Lisbon, Funchal, Tenerife (optional), São Tomé, Luanda, Lobito, Moçamedes, Cape Town, Durban, Lourenço Marques, Beira, Moçambique, Nacala, Porto Amélia, Beira.
Returned to Lourenço Marques and via same ports to Lisbon, omitting Tenerife.
Niassa Lisbon, São Tomé, Cabinda, Luanda, Lobito, Moçamedes.
Called also at Tenerife or Las Palmas (optional) and Funchal on return voyages. (Called at Cabinda on all voyages, either southbound or northbound; called at São Tomé on some voyages southbound and some other voyages northbound, but not on all voyages.)
India Lisbon, Port Said, Suez, Aden (optional), Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, Dili, Singapore, Porto Amélia (optional), Nacala (optional), Moçambique (optional), Beira, Lourenço Marques, Lobito (optional), Luanda (optional), Lisbon.
Timor Lisbon, Port Said, Suez, Aden (optional), Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, Dili, Singapore.
Returned to Aden (optional) and via same ports to Lisbon.

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