Carvalho Araújo

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José Botelho de Carvalho Araújo (18 May 1881 – 14 October 1918) was a Portuguese Navy officer and a colonial administrator. He was born in Porto, studied at the Polytechnic Academy of Porto, and joined the Navy in 1899. He served on many ships and supported republican ideas. After Portugal became a republic, he was elected as a deputy and later governed the Inhambane district in Mozambique.

During World War I, Araújo commanded the Portuguese naval trawler NRP Augusto Castilho. On 14 October 1918, while protecting the cargo ship São Miguel from the German submarine U-139, he died in action. The U-139, commanded by Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, surfaced and fired. Augusto Castilho launched a smoke screen and the battle lasted about two hours. The trawler was sunk, and Araújo died; São Miguel managed to reach the port of Ponta Delgada in the Azores.

Araújo was posthumously promoted to captain-lieutenant and received several honors, including the War Cross and the Order of the Tower and Sword (2nd class), along with other medals for bravery and service.