Battle of Caldera Bay
EventHuman History
1891 Chilean Civil War naval engagement
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Battle of Caldera Bay
The Battle of Caldera Bay, also called the Sinking of Blanco Encalada, was a naval engagement during the 1891 Chilean Civil War. On 23 April 1891, Balmacedist torpedo boats Almirante Lynch and Almirante Condell fought the Congressional armored frigate Blanco Encalada in Caldera Bay. After Condell's torpedoes missed, a torpedo from Lynch sank Blanco Encalada within minutes, killing 182 men. It was the first ironclad warship lost to a self-propelled torpedo.
- Date
- 23 April 1891
- Location
- Caldera Bay, Chile
- Outcome
- Blanco Encalada sank after a torpedo hit
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Battle of Caldera Bay (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q580021
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Archivo de uso publico. CC BY-SA 4.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsArchivo de uso publico, http://armadadeguerra.blogspot.cl/Modifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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