Peruvian frigate Apurímac
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BAP Apurímac was the second steam frigate of the Peruvian Navy, built in England in 1855 along with the steam schooners Loa and Tumbes as a part of a major build-up of the Navy during the government o
The frigate Apurímac under sail
Apurímac, anchored in Callao in 1855
Villa de Madrid and Reina Blanca firing against the allied fleet in Abtao.
Virgen de Covadonga, sometimes referred to as Covadonga, was a Spanish Navy screw schooner commissioned in 1859. During the Chincha Islands War, she was captured by the Chilean Navy in the Battle of P
Peruvian frigate Apurímac
…still unmasted), along with the steam frigate Amazonas, was sent to Chile under the command of Captain Lizardo Montero to join the Chilean schooner Covadonga in the Chiloé Archipelago, and to await the arrival of two new steam corvettes of the Peruvian Navy, Unión and America. On 15 January 1866, almost…
Covadonga moored at Valparaíso, Chile, while in Chilean Navy service.
Covadonga fires at the grounded Independencia on 21 May 1879.