Capture of the gunboat Anhambaí

The Capture of the Amambaí steam occurred on January 6, 1865, when the Paraguayan corvettes Iporá and Rio Apa attacked the Amambaí gunboat, after the people who had been evacuated from the Fort of Coimbra and Corumbá landed in Sará. Iporá rammed the gunboat Amambaí, throwing it against the bank, near Morro do Caracará.[1]

Capture of the gunboat Anhambaí
Part of the Paraguayan War

Gunboat Anhambaí
DateJanuary 6, 1865
Location
Result Paraguayan victory
Capture of the gunboat Anhambaí
Belligerents

 Paraguay

  • Paraguayan Navy

 Brazil

Commanders and leaders
unknown Captan José Israel Alves Guimarães
Strength
2 Corvettes 1 Gunboat
34 soldiers

References

  1. Donato, Hernâni (1996). Dicionário das Batalhas Brasileiras [Dictionary of Brazilian Battles] (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Ibrasa. p. 519. ISBN 8534800340.

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