Dive for Peace
The โDive for Peaceโ event, part of European Heritage Days 2025, coincides with International Peace Day, declared by the United Nations (UN).
Originally, the โDive for Peaceโ event was a UNESCO initiative that took place from 2014 to 2018, on the centenary of World War I, and within the scope of the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, with the aim of promoting the memory of the maritime tragedies of World War I, transforming them into opportunities for learning, reflection, and peace.
This activity includes a public conference on the 20th that will address the themes of sea rescues during World War II and research into the wreck of the โRoberto Ivens.โ On the 21st, there will be a dive with a tribute and the laying of a wreath at the site where this Portuguese Navy vessel sank, sunk by a sea mine in 1917, resulting in the death of 15 of its 22 crew members.
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Organization: Cascais City Council
September 20, Saturdayย
Conferences
Location: Casa Sommer Auditorium
6:00 p.m. โ Portugal saving lives at sea (1939-1945) โ Carlos Guerreiro and Augusto Salgado.
6:20 p.m. โ Roberto Ivens: Investigation and Identification โ Paulo Costa
6:40 p.m. โ Briefing on the event on the 21st
Participation subject to prior registration by emailing patrimonio.cultural@cm-cascais.pt (please include your name and telephone number).
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September 21, Sunday
Location: Courtesy pier at Cascais Marina
1:15 p.m. โ Participants board the salt galleon โEstou para Verโ and safety briefing
2:30 p.m. โ Tribute ceremony on board, at the site of the โRoberto Ivensโ shipwreck
3:00 p.m. โ Dive on the Roberto Ivens and/or the Patrรฃo Lopes
5:00 p.m. โ Return to Cascais Marina
Participants in the dive must register with the partner diving centers: Cascais Dive and Clube Naval de Cascais Diving Center.
CARLOS GUERREIRO has a degree in Communication Sciences and a master's degree in Maritime History. He has conducted research on the loss of aircraft in Portuguese territory during World War II, as well as on sea rescues by Portuguese ships during that period. He is the author of the reference website Portugal 1939-1945 (www.portugal1939-1945.org) and a research member of the HistArc group at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon.
PAULO COSTA has a degree in History, a master's degree in Contemporary History, and a postgraduate degree in Scientific Diving. He has conducted research on shipwrecks and maritime accidents in Portuguese waters during the contemporary period, combining naval historiography with the location, identification, inventory, and dissemination of Underwater Cultural Heritage. He was a researcher at the IHC - FCSH/UNL (Institute of Contemporary History) from April 2013 to July 2020, when he moved to the HTC (History, Territories, and Communities) at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra.
