Funchal shelled during World War I
Madeira did not escape the violent consequences of World War I.
SS Dacia explosion caused by torpedo On 3rd December 1916, a German U-boat, class 38, sunk the French gunboat, Surprise (680 tons), moored off Funchal. The cable vessel, Dacia (1,856 tons) and a French auxiliary vessel, Kanguroo (2,403 tons), were also torpedoed and sunk.
Tuesday 16 March 2010
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