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A navegação marítima foi sempre um campo demasiadamente
fértil para a ceifa de vidas, inspirando o temor e colocando em
sentido todos aqueles que se fizessem ao oceano. A cada vez
maior velocidade, tonelagem e utilização de embarcações, não
ficou, porém, isenta de novas perigosidades. Nesse sentido,
não foi apenas necessário repensar e refazeremse os acessos
tais como barras e portos, mas também melhorar a sinalização
dos obstáculos naturais construindo e aperfeiçoandose as
técnicas de iluminação farolar, que no caso português foi
sobretudo estudado e realizado através do Plano de
Alumiamento Marítimo (1866), da Comissão de Faróis e
Balizas (1881) e do Plano Geral de Alumiamento e Balizagem
das Costas Marítimas e Portos do Continente e Ilhas
Adjacentes (1883). A primeira tentativa conhecida para se
concretizar uma estrutura organizada para o socorro aos
náufragos teve lugar na cidade do Porto, em 1828, através da
criação da Real Casa d`Asylo aos Naufragados, construindose para o efeito um edifício de raiz devidamente apetrechado
de recursos materiais e humanos, mas que teria uma existência
efémera de apenas 7 anos. A esta, seguiuse a criação da
Sociedade Geral dos Náufragos, no ano de 1835, agora em
Lisboa. O naufrágio do vapor «Porto» trouxe para o domínio
público a questão dos naufrágios, tomando o governo nos dias
imediatos providências, nomeadamente a possibilidade de
deslocação do porto da cidade mais para Norte e o auxílio aos
náufragos, vindo esta última a ganhar forma na Real
Sociedade Humanitária em 1852. Três anos mais tarde é
criada a Companhia de Socorros a Náufragos em Lisboa. Por
fim, foi criado em 1892 o Instituto de Socorros a Náufragos, a
que mais tarde se acrescentou a designação de «Real» e que
teve como impulsionadora e presidente honorária a rainha D.
Amélia.
The maritime navigation has always been an overly fertile field for life loss, inspiring fear and putting all those who went to the ocean on alert. The increasing use of larger vessels, with more tonnage and faster, was not, however, exempt from new dangers. In this sense, it was not only necessary to rethink and redo the accesses such as bars and harbours. It was also necessary to improve the signalling of natural obstacles by building and perfecting the lighthouse techniques, as well as helping maritime accidents and their victims, which in the Portuguese case was mainly studied and carried out through the Plan Maritime Lighting (1866), the Lighthouses and Beacons Commission (1881) and the General Plan for the Lighting and Beaconing of the Maritime Coasts and Ports of the Mainland and Adjacent Islands (1883), although a large part of them had only started / finished in the twentieth century. The first known attempt to materialize an organized rescue structures of the castaways took place in the city of Porto in 1828, through the creation of the Real Casa d`Asylo aos Naufragados. Building, for this purpose, with the necessary equipment material and human resources, this institution had an ephemeral existence of only 7 years, following the creation of the Sociedade Geral dos Náufragos, in 1835, in Lisbon. The sinking of the steamship «Porto» brought to public domain the shipwrecks issues, taking the government in the immediate days, some measures, namely the possibility of moving the port of the city further north and aid to the shipwrecked, the latter taking shape at the Real Sociedade Humanitária in 1852. Three years later, the Companhia de Socorros a Náufragos was created in Lisbon. Finally, the Instituto de Socorros a Náufragos was created in 1892, to which later the name of “Royal” was added and which had Queen D. Amélia as its promoter and honorary president.
The maritime navigation has always been an overly fertile field for life loss, inspiring fear and putting all those who went to the ocean on alert. The increasing use of larger vessels, with more tonnage and faster, was not, however, exempt from new dangers. In this sense, it was not only necessary to rethink and redo the accesses such as bars and harbours. It was also necessary to improve the signalling of natural obstacles by building and perfecting the lighthouse techniques, as well as helping maritime accidents and their victims, which in the Portuguese case was mainly studied and carried out through the Plan Maritime Lighting (1866), the Lighthouses and Beacons Commission (1881) and the General Plan for the Lighting and Beaconing of the Maritime Coasts and Ports of the Mainland and Adjacent Islands (1883), although a large part of them had only started / finished in the twentieth century. The first known attempt to materialize an organized rescue structures of the castaways took place in the city of Porto in 1828, through the creation of the Real Casa d`Asylo aos Naufragados. Building, for this purpose, with the necessary equipment material and human resources, this institution had an ephemeral existence of only 7 years, following the creation of the Sociedade Geral dos Náufragos, in 1835, in Lisbon. The sinking of the steamship «Porto» brought to public domain the shipwrecks issues, taking the government in the immediate days, some measures, namely the possibility of moving the port of the city further north and aid to the shipwrecked, the latter taking shape at the Real Sociedade Humanitária in 1852. Three years later, the Companhia de Socorros a Náufragos was created in Lisbon. Finally, the Instituto de Socorros a Náufragos was created in 1892, to which later the name of “Royal” was added and which had Queen D. Amélia as its promoter and honorary president.
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Litoral português Naufrágios Navegação Instituto de Socorros a Náufragos Portuguese coast Shipwrecks Navigation Shipwrecked Relief Institute
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