Chilean corvette Magallanes (1873)

Corvette Magallanes
History
Chile
Name: Magallanes
Ordered: by Law of 4 March 1872
Builder: Raenhill & Co., London
Launched: 28 July 1873
Commissioned: 28 December 1874
Fate: Sunk off Corral, Chile, 1907
General characteristics [1]
Displacement: 950 tons
Length: 200 ft (61 m)
Beam: 27 ft (8.2 m)
Depth: 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) (moulded depth)
Propulsion: Compound steam engine, 2,230 hp (1,663 kW), 2 shafts
Speed: 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Complement: 114 sailors and 24 marines
Armament:
  • 1 × 64-pounder gun
  • 1 × 7 in (180 mm) gun
  • 2 × 4 in (100 mm) guns

The corvette Magallanes was ordered by the Chilean government after the disastrous consequences of the War against Spain in 1864-1866 and the raising border conflict with the neighboring countries at the end of the 1870s.

In the extreme southern region of Chile

In 1874 she was ordered to travel to the Strait of Magellan to produce charts of the Angostura Inglesa in the Messier Channel, and of the Bahia Possession in the strait.

In January 1876, during patrols off the extreme southern region of Chile and under the command of Juan José Latorre, the French ship Jeanne Amelie was seized off the coast of Rio Negro as they loaded guano without a Chilean license. By the attempt to bring the ship to Punta Arenas, the Jeanne Amelie sank on 27 April 1876 at the eastern entrance of the Strait of Magellan. Later the American ship Devonshire was also seized.[2]

In 1877, also under the command of Juan José Latorre, the crew of the corvette put down "El motín de los artilleros" ("The Mutiny of the Artillerymen") and restored the rule of law in Punta Arenas.

War of the Pacific

The Magallanes was a protagonist of the Battle of Chipana in April 1879, the first naval battle of the war. In September 1879 she was refitted in Valparaíso and Carlos Condell took the command of the ship. In November she was involved in the amphibious assault on the port of Pisagua.

Civil War of 1891

During the civil war of 1891 she sided with the Junta of Iquique.

In 1906 the ship was decommissioned, handed over to the Merchant Navy. In 1907 she sank off Corral.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cañonera Chilena Magallanes". Historia y Arqueologia Marítima. 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2013. (Spanish)
  2. ↑ "El incidente del Devonshire y su impacto en las relaciones argentino-chileno-norteamericanas". Historia de las Relaciones Exteriores Argentinas. 2003. Retrieved 27 April 2013. (Spanish)
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