The ''Academia de Marinha'' (

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for "Navy Academy" or "Marine Academy"), MembIH is the cultural agency of the

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under the Chief of Naval Staff. Its purpose is to promote and to publish artistic, literary, historical, and scientific studies relating to the sea and maritime activities. Its offices are located in Lisbon at the Naval Headquarters, Rua do Arsenal.

History

This agency of the Portuguese Navy developed from the Maritime History Studies group (''Grupo de Estudos de História Marítima''), established in 1969 by the vice-admirals

Sarmento Rodrigues Manuel Maria Sarmento Rodrigues (15 June 1899 – 1 August 1979) was a naval officer, colonist and professor. He was born in 1899 in Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Portugal. He attended a secondary school in Bragança, Portugal, Bragança and attende ...

and Teixeira da Mota. In the following year, it was renamed the Center for Naval Studies (''Centro de Estudos de Marinha''). In December 1978, its role was widened into a broader cultural agency and renamed the ''Academia de Marinha'' (Portaria nº 769).

Motto

The motto of the ''Academia de Marinha'' is a verse from

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: ''Por mares nunca de outro lenho arados'' (Portuguese for: "On seas never plowed by other wood")

Membership

Members of the Academy are admitted to one of four categories: * Emeritus members * Active members * Corresponding members * Associate members The first three categories must be Portuguese citizens or citizens of Portuguese-speaking countries, while the last is reserved for foreign members. Each category of membership is made up of two classes: * Class of Maritime History * Class of Arts, Letters, and Sciences {{Authority control Portuguese Navy Recipients of the Order of Prince Henry Military history of Portugal Military installations in Portugal