Category:Bom Sucesso (ship)

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English: The fishing boat Bom Sucesso (Good Success) is a replica of a Caíque of Olhão which on the 6 July 1808 was sailed to Rio de Janeiro with a crew of 17 Olhanense seamen. It set sail for Brazil to report the news to the Portuguese court which had taken refuge there, of the success of the popular revolts against the French, especially in Olhão, in June 1808. It arrived in Rio in September 22 1808 and in honour of the Olhanense revolt against Napoleonic invasion, the Prince Regent bestowed the honourable title of Vila de Olhão da Restauração.

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