Carvalho de Araújo (street)
Original title: Carvalho de Araújo (Rua)
Funchal street, formerly Rua do Aljube, renamed in 1919 after naval officer Carvalho de Araújo, killed in 1918 defending the steamer San Miguel.
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At the session of the Administrative Committee (Comissão Administrativa) of the Municipal Council of
Funchal on 8 May 1919, it was resolved to give the name of Lieutenant-Commander Carvalho de Araújo to the former Rua do Aljube (‘bishop’s prison street’). This illustrious officer of our navy commanded the minesweeper Augusto de Castilho, which in October 1918 escorted the steamer San Miguel on her voyage to the Azores. He died heroically at his post on the 15th of that month, in the engagement the ship had to fight against a German submarine near that archipelago. The minesweeper was sunk, having no guns to match the submarine’s, but the San Miguel was saved, and with her all the passengers travelling from Madeira to the Azores.
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Funchal
A street in Funchal, formerly Rua do Aljube. It was renamed in 1919 after the naval officer Carvalho de Araújo, who was killed in 1918 defending the steamer San Miguel.
- Azores
Portugal. Destination of the convoy near which the battle occurred.
The Azores, an Atlantic archipelago that shares plant species with Madeira. The Elucidário records settlement there by Madeiran families such as the Bettencourts, the 1801 ban on Azorean wines in Madeira, and imports of Azorean tobacco. It also notes that Azorean farmers were brought to Madeira to teach maize-growing methods.
- Rua do Aljube
Funchal. Former name of the street.
Rua do Aljube is a Funchal street named after the old Aljube, which it bounded. It was formerly called Rua Carvalho de Araújo and was part of the former Campo do Duque. It had a passo where the Procissão dos Passos paused, and it was the site of the town hall that held the curfew bell.
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People mentioned · 01- Carvalho de Araújod. 1918
Commander of the minesweeper Augusto de Castilho, killed fighting a German submarine in 1918; the street bears his name.