The point is whenever possible to send a letter to the editors on such matters; particularly if one has contrary information. Its a bog thing if there was no Admiral. It is important to not allow incidents to be conflated as also not align even a Small portion of ones life with crass untruths. Of course the politicking does not respect such notions, but at the end of the day--they still shake the cores of many people and hence one must stay vigilant--and that does not just happen by meditation.
Its is in the nature of humans to come across as being more than they are. But vigilance helps. Not to get ones blood pressure up, but to know among who one is standing. Then one uses, lives by the information in the spirit one chooses for oneself and ones family, community, etc. Easier said than done, but I digress. In the meanwhile there will be others who will continue to be influenced with hearing reading whatever they have not heard or read earlier. Writing letters by people who are aware helps a lot--in fact more than only (if so) putting it on Goanet. ++++++++++++ venantius j pinto Message: 11 Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 23:52:21 -0800 (PST) From: Gabriel de Figueiredo <[email protected]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Defence sites indicate Dabolim as ?war booty? CMG Ant?nio da Cunha Arag?o was badly wounded and rushed to Hospital Escolar in Panjim (the Goa Medical College hospital as it was known then, now the IFFI place), and the telegraphist Rosario?da?Piedade was killed. It was a battle between INS Betwa (INS Trishul and INS Mysore were in attendance, but did not join in, according to Bharat Rakshak) with a firing capacity of 60 rounds a minute (and better aiming capabilities) against an older battleship with a firing capaicty of 2 rounds a minute, which found itself in an unfortunate position of having little room to manoeuvre. The battle, according to?Revista da Armada, commenced at aorund 12:00 noon.??The bridge suffered a direct hit at around 12:35pm causing the main casualties mentioned above, and the ship was prematurely scuttled due to lack of communications between the bridge and the engine-room at around 12:50pm. So yes, there was a battle in Mormug?o.??According to the Revista Armada, the "Afonso de Albuquerque" managed to fire about 400 rounds causing 5 deaths and 13 injured to the Indian Navy. ? I read somewhere that the local fishermen came to the aid of the sailors and officers, the majority of whom swam across to the Bambolim beach, from where?CMG?Arag?o was then taken to the Hospital Escolar by road. Gabriel. ----- Original Message ---- > From: Gabe Menezes <[email protected]> > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, 1 February, 2011 8:58:35 PM > Subject: [Goanet] Defence sites indicate Dabolim as ?war booty? > > Interestingly, the article also has a paragraph which states: 'The greatest > beneficiary in the liberation of Goa was the Indian > Navy<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/search?q=Indian%20Navy>. > They didn't fire a single shot. The Portuguese admiral surrendered with all > his ships in the port, including the > Albuquerque<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Albuquerque>, > the flag ship of the Portuguese navy..."
