A portion of the Chilean revolutionary squadron,…

April 1891 CE

A portion of the Chilean revolutionary squadron, comprising the armored frigate Blanco Encalada and other ships, had been sent southward early in April for reconnoitering purposes and put into the port of Caldera.

During the night of April 23, and while the Blanco Encalada is lying quietly at anchor in Caldera Bay, the Almirante Lynch torpedo gunboat, belonging to the Balmaceda faction, steams into the bay of Caldera and discharges a torpedo at the rebel ship.

The Blanco Encalada sinks in a few minutes and three hundred of her crew perish.

This coup severely weakens the Congressional squadron.

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Caldera Atacama Chile View →

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José Manuel Balmaceda View →

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Chile, (Liberal) Republic of View →

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Chilean Civil War of 1891 View →

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