Action of 22 August 1866
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The Action of 22 August 1866 occurred during the Chincha Islands War
near Funchal, in Madeira
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The Chilean
steamer Pampero
was captured by the Spanish
frigate Gerona, on August 22, 1866 on the island of Madeira when it was brought to Chile, under the command of John MacPherson, an English commander in service of the Chilean Navy. The chilean ship had reached Madeira on 21 August to make charcoal and take food and supplements for its crews. The next day, he discovered the spanish frigate Gerona anchoring in the port and leaving all their supplies on the ground, they tried to escape. The Spanish frigate began a persecution that lasted until the night, when after a bullet shot and three other shots without ammunition, the Chilean corvette struck.
Chincha Islands War
The Chincha Islands War was a series of coastal and naval battles between Spain and its former colonies of Peru and Chile from 1864 to 1866, that began with Spain's seizure of the guano-rich Chincha Islands, part of a series of attempts by Isabel II of Spain to reassert her country's lost...
near Funchal, in Madeira
Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...
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The Chilean
Chilean Navy
-Independence Wars of Chile and Peru :The Chilean Navy dates back to 1817. A year before, following the Battle of Chacabuco, General Bernardo O'Higgins prophetically declared "this victory and another hundred shall be of no significance if we do not gain control of the sea".This led to the...
steamer Pampero
Spanish cruiser Tornado
The Tornado, was a 2100-ton and maneuverable at 13 knots bark-rigged screw steam cruiser of the Spanish Navy, first launched at Clydebank, Scotland in 1863, as the Confederate raider CSS Texas...
was captured by the Spanish
Spain
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frigate Gerona, on August 22, 1866 on the island of Madeira when it was brought to Chile, under the command of John MacPherson, an English commander in service of the Chilean Navy. The chilean ship had reached Madeira on 21 August to make charcoal and take food and supplements for its crews. The next day, he discovered the spanish frigate Gerona anchoring in the port and leaving all their supplies on the ground, they tried to escape. The Spanish frigate began a persecution that lasted until the night, when after a bullet shot and three other shots without ammunition, the Chilean corvette struck.