Capture of the gunboat Anhambaí

Part of the Paraguayan War

Gunboat Anhambaí

Date

January 6, 1865

Location

São Lourenço River, Mato Grosso do Sul, Empire of Brazil

Result

Paraguayan victory

Capture of the gunboat Anhambaí

Belligerents

Paraguay

Paraguayan Navy

Empire of Brazil

Imperial Navy

Commanders and leaders

Unknown

José Israel Alves Guimarães

Strength

2 Corvettes

1 Gunboat
34 soldiers

Paraguayan War

Mato Grosso campaign
Marquês de Olinda 1st Corumbá Fort Novo de Coimbra Feio River Dourados Nioaque Anhambaí Fort Miranda Coxim Laguna Apa River 2nd Corumbá Alegre
Corrientes campaign
Corrientes San Lorenzo River Rio Grande do Sul São Borja Butuí Uruguaiana Riachuelo Salto Paso de Mercedes Paso de Cuevas Yatay Pehuajó Jaguarí
Humaitá campaign
Purutué Bank Paso de Patria Laguna Sirena Itapirú Estero Bellaco Paso Cidra 1st Tuyutí Yataytí Corá Boquerón Sauce Palmar Curuzú Curupayty Arroyo Hondo Hacienda Laguna Tuyú Cué 1st Passage of Curupayty Pilar Ombú Estero Rojas Perecué Tatayibá Potrero Obella Humaitá Passage 2nd Tuyutí Paso Ipohy 2nd Passage of Curupayty Laguna Cierva Cabral and Lima Barros 1st Iasuií 2nd Iasuií Poí Island Barroso and Rio Grande Acayuazá Fortín Island
Pikysyry campaign
Yacaré Paso de Tebicuarí Surubí Pikysyry Dezembrada Ytororó Avay Lomas Valentinas Angostura San Fernando Asunción
Cordilleras campaign
Manduvirá River Concepción Ybytimí Tupí-hú Sapukái Diarte Piribebuy Acosta Ñu Piribebuy River Hondo River Itapytangua Tacuaty Curuguaty Hucuratí Loma Rugua Caguijuru–Caraguataí Iguatemi Río Verde Cambaceguá Lomaruguá Cerro Corá Miranda

The Capture of the Amambaí steam occurred on January 6, 1865, when the Paraguayan corvettes Iporá and Rio Apa attacked the Amambaí gunboat on São Lourenço River, after the people who had been evacuated from the Fort of Coimbra and Corumbá landed in Sará. Iporá rammed the gunboat Amambaí, throwing it against the bank, near Morro do Caracará.^[1]

References

^ Donato, Hernâni (1996). Dicionário das Batalhas Brasileiras [Dictionary of Brazilian Battles] (in Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Ibrasa. p. 519. ISBN 8534800340.