Place coast/bay/beach Machico

Badajeira

Machico

shoal near the Ilhéu de Fora, off Ponta de São Lourenço, municipality of Machico, Madeira

Exact site unknown; shown at the municipality

Main article Badajeira Badajeira is a shoal south-east of the Ilhéu de Fora, off the Ponta de São Lourenço. The steamers Forerunner (1854) and Newton (1881) were wrecked there in calm seas.

Badajeira is a dangerous shoal near the Ilhéu de Fora, off the Ponta de São Lourenço. The steamers Forerunner (1854) and Newton (1881) were wrecked there in calm seas.

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Badajeira — The subject of the entry: a shoal and site of two shipwrecks.
Forerunner — Shoal near Ponta de São Lourenço on which the Forerunner struck.
Fora (islet) — Dangerous shoal south-west of the islet.

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1854
The British steamer Forerunner was wrecked on the Badajeira shoal off Ponta de São Lourenço, killing three passengers and eleven crew.
1881
The steamer Newton was wrecked on the Badajeira shoal.

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Madeira archipelago
Machico (town and municipality)
Ribeira Seca
Machico customs house
Christ (chapel)
Old Buildings
Fajãzinha de Bento
São Roque de Machico (fort)

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