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Passage Of Curupayty (1867)
The passage of Curupayty was an allied naval operation carried out on 15 August 1867, in the context of the Paraguayan War, which aimed to force the passage of Brazilian battleships against the defensive fortifications installed in the Curupayty fort on the banks of the Paraguay river. There was a second crossing on 13 February 1868 with a fleet of armored monitors destined to join the fleet that had crossed first to form the squadron responsible for forcing the Passage of Humaitá. The crossing The difficulties faced by the allies were enormous. The war was already in its third year and they were trapped in a small area in southwest Paraguay, largely due to the disaster that had occurred about a year earlier in the Battle of Curupayty The Battle of Curupayty was a key battle in the Paraguayan War. On the morning on 22 September 1866, the joint force of Brazilian, Argentine, and Uruguayan armies attacked Paraguayan fortified trenches on Curupayty. The Paraguayans were led b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraguayan War
The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870. It was fought between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, the Empire of Brazil, and Uruguay. It was the deadliest and bloodiest inter-state war in Latin American history. Paraguay sustained large casualties, but the approximate numbers are disputed. Paraguay was forced to cede disputed territory to Argentina and Brazil. The war began in late 1864, as a result of a conflict between Paraguay and Brazil caused by the Uruguayan War. Argentina and Uruguay entered the war against Paraguay in 1865, and it then became known as the "War of the Triple Alliance". After Paraguay was defeated in conventional warfare, it conducted a drawn-out guerrilla resistance, a strategy that resulted in the further destruction of the Paraguayan military and the civilian population. Much of the civilian population lost their lives due to battle, hunger, and disease. The guer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Ironclad Tamandaré
The Brazilian ironclad ''Tamandaré'' was an armored gunboat built for the Imperial Brazilian Navy during the Paraguayan War in the mid-1860s. She bombarded the Paraguayan fortifications blocking access up the Paraná and Paraguay Rivers as well as bombarding Paraguayan positions in support of the Imperial Brazilian Army. The ship participated in the Passage of Humaitá in February 1868 and was badly damaged. After ''Tamandaré'' was repaired she provided fire support for the army for the rest of the war, aside from bombarding Paraguyan capital of Asunción once. The ship was assigned to the Mato Grosso Flotilla after the war. ''Tamandaré'' was decommissioned in 1879 and scrapped afterwards. Design and description ''Tamandaré'' was designed to meet the need of the Brazilian Navy for a small, simple, shallow-draft armored ship capable of withstanding heavy fire. She was one of three armored gunboats, together with and , built to the same general plan, although each ship varied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battles Involving Argentina
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish. The word "battle" can also be used infrequently to refer to an entire operational campaign, although this usage greatly diverges from its conventional or customary meaning. Generally, the word "battle" is used for such campaigns if referring to a protracted combat encounter in which either one or both of the combatants had the same methods, resources, and strategic objectives throughout the encounter. Some prominent examples of this would be the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and Battle of Stalingrad, all in World War II. Wars and military campaigns are guided by military strategy, whereas bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naval Battles Of The Paraguayan War
A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It includes anything conducted by surface ships, amphibious ships, submarines, and seaborne aviation, as well as ancillary support, communications, training, and other fields. The strategic offensive role of a navy is projection of force into areas beyond a country's shores (for example, to protect sea-lanes, deter or confront piracy, ferry troops, or attack other navies, ports, or shore installations). The strategic defensive purpose of a navy is to frustrate seaborne projection-of-force by enemies. The strategic task of the navy also may incorporate nuclear deterrence by use of submarine-launched ballistic missiles. Naval operations can be broadly divided between riverine and littoral applications (brown-water navy), open-ocean applications (blu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Ironclad Lima Barros
The Brazilian ironclad ''Lima Barros'' was originally ordered by Paraguay in 1864 with the name ''Belona'', but was sold to Brazil when Paraguay could not make the final payments. She participated in the 1864–70 Paraguayan War between Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay against Paraguay. Design and description ''Lima Barros'' was designed as an enlarged, twin- turret, version of the river monitor . The ship was long between perpendiculars, had a beam of and a maximum draft of . ''Lima Barros'' displaced and was fitted with a ram bow. Her crew consisted of 170 officers and enlisted men.Silverstone, p. 33 The ship had a pair of horizontal trunk steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft. The engines produced a total of and gave ''Lima Barros'' a maximum speed of . She was barque-rigged with three pole masts and a bowsprit.Lyon, p. 405 ''Lima Barros'' was armed with four 120-pounder Whitworth rifled, muzzle-loading guns mounted in two twin-gun turrets. She had a complete w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Ironclad Silvado
The Brazilian ironclad ''Silvado'' was originally ordered by Paraguay in 1864 with the name ''Nemesis'', but was sold to Brazil when Paraguay could not make the final payments. She participated in the 1864–70 War of the Triple Alliance between Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay against Paraguay. Design and description ''Silvado'' was long between perpendiculars, had a beam of and a maximum draft of . ''Lima Barros'' displaced and was fitted with a ram bow. Her crew consisted of 170 officers and enlisted men.Silverstone, p. 33 The ship had a pair of horizontal trunk steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft. The engines produced a total of and gave ''Silvado'' a maximum speed of . She was barque-rigged with three pole masts and a bowsprit.Lyon, p. 406 ''Lima Barros'' was armed with four 70-pounder Whitworth rifled, muzzle-loading guns mounted in two twin-gun turrets. She had a complete waterline belt of wrought iron that ranged in thickness from amidships to at the en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Ironclad Herval
The Brazilian ironclad ''Herval'' was a ironclad corvette operated by the Imperial Brazilian Navy from 1866 to 1879. It participated in the battles of the Paraguayan War. Design and description ''Herval'' was an iron-hulled, fully rigged central battery ship. It was long. The ship had a beam of and a maximum draft of . ''Herval'' displaced . Its crew consisted of 125 men. The engines produced a total of and gave ''Herval'' a maximum speed of . ''Herval'' was armed with four 70-pounder Whitworth rifled muzzle-loading guns. The ship was protected by a iron belt and at the casemate. Construction ''Herval'' was built at the shipyards in Plymouth, England. It was the second ship to bear the name Herval, in honor of general Manuel Luís Osório, Marquis of Erval. The ship was originally ordered by Paraguay, who named it ''Medusa'', but it was sold to Brazil as the Paraguayans, in financial difficulties due to the ongoing Paraguayan War, were unable to pay for it. It belongs to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Ironclad Barroso
The Brazilian ironclad ''Barroso'' was an armoured gunboat built for the Brazilian Navy during the Paraguayan War in the mid-1860s. ''Barroso'' bombarded Paraguayan fortifications in 1866 and 1867 a number of times before she participated in the Passagem de Humaitá in February 1868. Afterwards the ship provided fire support for the army for the rest of the war. She was assigned to the Mato Grosso Flotilla after the war. ''Barroso'' was decommissioned in 1882, but was not scrapped until 1937. Design and description ''Barroso'' was designed to meet the need of the Brazilian Navy for a small, simple, shallow-draft armored ship capable of withstanding heavy fire. The ship is best characterized as a central battery design because the casemate did not extend the length of the ship. A bronze ram, long, was fitted. The hull was sheathed with Muntz metal to reduce biofouling. For sea passages the ship's free board could be increased to by use of removable bulwarks high. On river ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Ironclad Cabral
The Brazilian ironclad ''Cabral'' was a Cabral-class armored corvette-type warship operated by the Imperial Brazilian Navy from 1866 to 1882. The vessel was built in the shipyard of the British company J. and G. Rennie in Greenwich, England, and was the leader of its class, which also included ''Colombo''. It was launched in 1865 and incorporated into the navy on 15 September 1866. The battleship was entirely made of iron and displaced 858, 1,033 or 1,050 tons, depending on the source. It had two steam engines that developed up to 750 hp, propelling the vessel at about 20 km/h. Its structure comprised a double pillbox with eight gunports. The navy had great difficulties with this ship, which was hard to navigate and, due to the design of its casemate, which left a part of it unprotected, it was vulnerable to diving projectiles. A few months after its arrival in Brazil, ''Cabral'' was sent to combat in the Paraguayan War. The first obstacle was the which, together with several ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Monitor Bahia
The Brazilian monitor ''Bahia'' was originally ordered by Paraguay in 1864 with the name ''Minerva'', but was sold to Brazil when Paraguay defaulted on the payments. She participated in the 1864–70 War of the Triple Alliance between Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay against Paraguay, and took part in the Passage of Humaitá. Design and description ''Bahia'' was an iron-hulled, single-turret river monitor. She was long between perpendiculars. The ship had a beam of and a maximum draft of . ''Bahia'' displaced Silverstone, p. 33 and was fitted with a ram bow. Her crew consisted of 125 officers and enlisted men.Gardiner, p. 406 The ship had a pair of horizontal trunk steam engines, each driving one propeller, using steam from two boilers. The engines produced a total of and gave ''Bahia'' a maximum speed of . She was barque-rigged with three pole masts and a bowsprit. ''Bahia'' was armed with a pair of 120-pounder Whitworth rifled muzzle-loading guns. She had a complete waterl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Ironclad Colombo
The Brazilian ironclad ''Colombo'' was a Cabral-class armored corvette-type ironclad operated by the Imperial Brazilian Navy between 1866 and 1875. The vessel was built in the shipyard in Greenwich, England, by the British company J. and G. Rennie, along with her sister ship '' Cabral''. It was launched in 1865 being commissioned on 4 July 1866. The battleship was entirely made of iron, displacing 1,069 tons. It had two steam engines that developed up to 750 HP of power, propelling the vessel at about 20 km/h. Its structure comprised a double casemate with eight gunports. The Brazilian navy had great difficulties with this ship, which was hard to navigate and, due to the casemate's model, had an unprotected section, which was vulnerable to diving projectiles. A few months after its arrival in Brazil, ''Colombo'' was sent to the front in the Paraguayan War. The first obstacle faced by the ship was the , which, together with several other ships of the imperial fleet, it bombed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Ironclad Brasil
The Brazilian ironclad ''Brasil'' was an armored corvette built in France for the Brazilian Navy in the mid-1860s. Configured as a central-battery ironclad, she served during the 1864–70 War of the Triple Alliance between Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay against Paraguay. Design and description Concerned about the construction of ironclad warships in Europe and North America, the Imperial Brazilian Minister of the Navy, Rear Admiral Joaquim Raimundo de Lamare, sent a small mission to Europe to study the latest advances in armor and steam propulsion technology. Upon its return in March 1863, it brought back plans and estimates for a small armored corvette as well as river gunboats to be built in France. ''Brasil'' measured overall, and had a beam of . She had a maximum draft of and displaced . The ship had a simple single-expansion steam engine, rated at 250 nominal horsepower, that used steam generated by two boilers to drive a single four-bladed propeller. Designed for a sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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