Harbour of Funchal
Porto do Funchal
Sé · Funchal
Funchal Bay, municipality of Funchal, south coast of Madeira
Funchal Bay, the largest harbour of the Madeira archipelago and the leading port of the Adjacent Islands. The islet lies at its western end, and it lies 4 miles from the port of Câmara de Lobos. The Elucidário gives its shipping statistics from 1901 to 1943 and records episodes such as corsair and warship visits.
1Mentioned in
- Embate — Harbour that sailing ships enter with the aid of the south-westerly embate.
- Pé de Pau — Harbour where the corsair's galleons stayed eight days.
- Tybumia (barque) — Harbour the Tybumia entered and fled from.
- Bomboteiro — Harbour where bomboteiros board visiting steamers.
- Garajau (cape) — Ships approaching it see the statue.
- Bertrand (Henrique de Price) — Where the frigate D. Pedro lay in June 1834.
- Câmara de Lobos (landing place, quay and cove) — Lies 4 miles from the port of Câmara de Lobos.
- Shipping movements in the port — The harbour whose shipping traffic from 1901 to 1943 is tabulated.
- Belle Poule — Where the ships anchored.
- Ilhéu — Harbour at whose western end the islet lies.
- Heraldo da Madeira — Port whose steamer passengers were served by the English edition.
- Islet beacon — Harbour for which the beacon served as a reference point.
- Porto do Moniz (harbour) — Southern port sometimes closed by southerly winds, when Porto do Moniz served as alternative.
- Forster (Johann Reinhold) — Harbour where Cook's expedition with the Forsters arrived on 29 July 1772.
- Falcão — Harbour where the steamer arrived in 1881.
- Battenberg (Prince of) — Where the cruiser Blonde called with the prince's body.
- Quincentenary of the discovery of Madeira — Where the Spanish ship Viera y Clavijo and the Portuguese warship Guadiana were anchored during the festivities.
- Alabama — Harbour visited by the Alabama.
- Pontinha (locality, road, islets and mole) — Harbour whose works included the Pontinha.
- Famine on Porto Santo — Harbour where two American warships appeared and contributed maize for Porto Santo in 1850.
- Guiomar (Belvedere of Dona) — Harbour for which the belvedere served as a landmark.
- Surprise — Harbour where the Surprise was torpedoed in 1916.
- Inlaid work — Harbour where inlaid goods were sold on liners' decks.
- Fortress of São Tiago — The fortress stands east of the harbour.
2Chronology
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Captain James Cook arrived at Funchal in the Resolution on his second voyage, accompanied by the botanists Forster; he recorded large numbers of Black and mulatto people in Madeira.
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The squadron carrying Napoleon aboard the Northumberland to exile on Saint Helena arrived off Funchal, where consul Henry Veitch visited him, and left for Saint Helena.
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The French frigates La Belle Poule and La Favorite, carrying the Prince of Joinville's mission to recover Napoleon's remains from Saint Helena, stayed at Funchal.
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A small fixed red harbour light on the Ilhéu at Funchal began operating.
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The steamer Falcão, ordered by Blandy Brothers & Co., arrived at Funchal to begin regular south-coast services.
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The English barque Tybumia entered Funchal harbour and on 2 December fled by night to avoid customs, fired upon by the Ilhéu fortress.
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The cruiser Blonde called at Funchal carrying the body of Prince Henry of Battenberg.
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Period covered by the statistics of vessels entering the port of Funchal.
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The German submarine U-38 torpedoed three ships in Funchal harbour, including the French gunboat Surprise (33 crew and 7 Portuguese killed), and shelled the city, causing widespread panic. The victims were later commemorated by a monument made by Francisco Franco.