Article Nº 3712 Shipwreck or ship's history Vol. III · p. 672
Valente (steamship)
Original title: Valente (Vapor)
The Valente was the first steamship used in Madeira's coastal service, arriving in Funchal from England in 1872 and wrecked in a southerly storm in 1876.
The first steam vessel used in the coastal service of this island was the so-called Vapor Valente, which arrived in Funchal from England on 1 September 1872 and ran aground on 11 November 1876. It was imprudently left anchored close to the shore by the Ilhéu (‘islet’) just as a violent storm from the south was beginning to blow; it was driven against the coast below the Quinta Lambert, where it was completely destroyed.
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