Article Nº 1544 Shipwreck or ship's history Vol. II · p. 100
Frasão (steamship)
Original title: Frasão
The Frasão was the first steam vessel built in Madeira, owned by morgado Frasão (later Count of Calçada) and launched around 1870.
This was the name of the first steam vessel built in Madeira. It belonged to the late Frasão, holder of the entail (morgado), later Viscount and Count of Calçada (‘paved way’), and it was launched in 1870 or shortly afterwards.
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