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
Covadonga moored at Valparaíso, Chile, while in Chilean Navy service.
Covadonga fires at the grounded Independencia on 21 May 1879.
BAP Independencia was a broadside ironclad built in England for the Peruvian Navy during the mid-1860s. During the War of the Pacific of 1879–83, Independencia ran aground while pursuing the Chilean s
Spanish schooner Virgen de Covadonga
…Navy squadron that participated in the War of the Pacific (1879–1883). In the Battle of Punta Gruesa she defeated the Peruvian Navy broadside ironclad Independencia. She was sunk in 1880. Virgen de Covadonga was a screw schooner with a wooden hull. She displaced 415 tons. She was 45.60 metres (149 ft 7 in) long…
Independencia in 1866