Background
REGIS BITTENCOURT, Julio was born on October 1, 1882 in Rio Pardo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
REGIS BITTENCOURT, Julio was born on October 1, 1882 in Rio Pardo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Educated Colégio Militar, Rio do Janeiro, 1893-1900, Escola Naval. Further studies in naval construction, Royal Naval College, Greenwich, England.
Direct construction of two large ships, 1917. It. commander, 1918; served in naval arsenal of Pará, where completed construction of ship Guajará, 1921. Head of inspection commission for reconstrn. of two cruisers in Viana Island shipyards, 1922-1930.
Commander, 1923; captain, 1931. Industrial director, naval arsenal, Rio de Janeiro, 1931. Head, commission to construct training ship Almirante Saldanha.
Reconstructed naval arsenal, Cobras Island, 1935, director of arsenal since 1938. Rear admiral, 1938; admiral.