Article Nº 1589 Island, islet or archipelago Desertas Vol. II · p. 131
Furilhão
A 49 m sea stack near Ilhéu Chão, known to English sailors as Sail Rock, said to have been shelled by a British frigate.
The Furilhão, or Prego do Mar (‘sea nail’), is a rock 49 metres high, rising a very short distance from Ilhéu Chão (Flat Islet).
According to Madeiran tradition, this rock was once shelled by an English frigate, which had mistaken it for a suspicious vessel. English sailors know the Furilhão as Sail Rock.
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