The steam corvette Jequitinhonha was a warship in the Imperial Brazilian Navy during the Paraguayan War. It took part in the Battle of Riachuelo.
The Jequitinhonha on fire
the Jequitinhonha (left) trapped on a sandbar during the Battle of Riachuelo
The Ypiranga, Mearim, Araguary and Iguatemy trying to refloat the Jequitinhonha
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The Imperial Brazilian Navy was the navy created at the time of the independence of the Empire of Brazil from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. It existed between 1822 and 1889
Brazilian corvette Jequitinhonha
…The steam corvette Jequitinhonha was a warship in the Imperial Brazilian Navy during 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…
Officers of the Armada. Seated, Prince August (left) and Admiral Eduardo Wandenkolk (center), 1889.
Prince Regent Pedro (right) orders the Portuguese officer Jorge de Avilez (left) to return to Portugal after his failed rebellion.
The Pedro I ship that took part in the Brazilian War of Independence.
Training of the Armada during the 1870s.