The Battle of Riachuelo was a large and decisive naval battle of the Paraguayan War between Paraguay and the Empire of Brazil. By late 1864, Paraguay had...
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Riachuelo (Portuguese: [ʁiaˈʃuelu]) was a Brazilian ironclad battleship completed in 1883. She was named in honour of the Battle of Riachuelo in 1865...
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fleet in the Battle of Riachuelo. This battle is particularly important in Brazil, being nicknamed "A Batalha dos Patronos" (The Battle of the Patrons)...
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following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...
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Pedro Ignacio Meza (category Paraguayan military personnel of the Paraguayan War)
the Paraguayan Navy in the early years of the War of the Triple Alliance until his death at the Battle of Riachuelo. He was born in Asunción, Paraguay in...
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Paraguayan War (redirect from Battle of Laguna Cierva)
and Carlos de Castro (Uruguay). On 11 June 1865, at the naval Battle of Riachuelo, the Brazilian fleet commanded by admiral Francisco Manoel Barroso da...
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Riachuelo (S40) is a Brazilian Riachuelo-class submarine built for the Brazilian Navy by DCNS in Cherbourg and ICN in Itaguaí, Brazil. The Brazilian boats...
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Riachuelo was a battleship project for the Brazilian Navy developed between 1913 and 1914. It was designed to be the most powerful warship of its time;...
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Imperial Brazilian Navy (redirect from Imperial Navy of Brazil)
Following the victory after the Battle of Riachuelo, and running the gauntlet set up by Paraguayans at Bella Vista in the Battle of Paso de Mercedes the day...
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the state of Rio Grande do Norte Riachuelo, Chile, a village in Osorno Province, south-central Chile Battle of the Riachuelo, a naval battle in the Paraguayan...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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This is a list of active Brazilian Navy ships. The Navy has approximately 63 ships in commission, including 8 major surface combatants, 4 submarines, 1...
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Brazilian corvette Jequitinhonha (category Military history of Brazil)
the Paraguayan War. It took part in the Battle of Riachuelo. The Jequitinhonha is the only ship in the history of the Brazilian Navy to bear this name....
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led the Imperial Navy to victory in the Battle of Riachuelo during the Paraguayan War.: 33 As a consequence of this victory, there was an expressive reduction...
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Brazilian frigate Amazonas (category Frigates of the Brazilian Navy)
distinguished role in the Battle of Riachuelo, where it single-handedly rammed four Paraguayan vessels and changed the fate of the combat, which, until...
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José María Bruguez (category Paraguayan military personnel of the Paraguayan War)
the Battle of Riachuelo and would harass the Imperial Brazilian Navy with his artillery, managing to kill 12 men. He was awarded the Commander of the...
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Domingo Antonio Ortiz (category Justices of the Supreme Court of Paraguay)
officer. In 1865 he was made a Knight of the National Order of Merit. He fought in the Battle of Riachuelo as commander of the steamer Yporá, with 5 cannons...
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Francisco Solano López (category Children of presidents)
powerless Paraguayan fleet was destroyed by the Brazilian Navy at the Battle of Riachuelo, which gave the Allies control over the various waterways surrounding...
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Brazilian gunboat Ypiranga (category Gunboats of the Brazilian Navy)
detachment of 61 soldiers and 4 officers from the Rio de Janeiro police. On June 11, 1865, the Fleet engaged the enemy in the Battle of Riachuelo. The ship...
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Corrientes campaign (category Battles of the Paraguayan War)
by Major José María Bruguez, hidden in the forests of ravines north of the mouth of the Riachuelo, was to bombard ships fleeing the ambush. To the south...
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Pires (born 1983) Baron of Amazonas (1804–1882), Admiral of the Navy, war hero, led the decisive Battle of Riachuelo Duke of Caxias (1803–1880), military...
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to being attacked by Triple Alliance. In the meantime, the naval Battle of Riachuelo took place, in which the Imperial Brazilian Navy dealt a major defeat...
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in the Battle of Rincón de Valladares Dardo Rodolfo Ramírez Braschi (June 2019). "La guerra correntina-paraguaya de 1849". National University of the Northeast...
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Brazilian Navy (redirect from Navy of Brazil)
Paysandú. Battle of Alegre - First naval combat involving Brazilian and Paraguayan warships in the war, Brazilian naval victory Battle of Riachuelo – Largest...
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fortifications had been built on the edges of the lower end of Río Paraguay. The naval battle of Riachuelo occurred on June 11, 1865. The Brazilian fleet...
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Batalha dos Guararapes, Moema and Combate Naval do Riachuelo, as well as portraits and landscapes, of which the Retrato de Dom Pedro II and his three Panoramas...
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naval Battle of Riachuelo took place. During the course of the battle the Imperial Brazilian fleet destroyed the Paraguayan squadron near the city of Corrientes...
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battle of Riachuelo in 1865, where the Brazilian fleet commanded by Francisco Manoel Barroso da Silva won, destroying the Paraguayan navy. The battle...
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George Thompson (engineer) (category Paraguayan military personnel of the Paraguayan War)
2015. However, the Boston copy lacks pages 71-74 which describe the Battle of Riachuelo. These pages may be accessed from e.g. the Cornell University copy...
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Juan Crisóstomo Centurión (category People of the Paraguayan War)
as an observer at the Battle of Riachuelo in 1865, and was made a Knight of the National Order of Merit in 1866, then Officer of the Order in January 1869...
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