Capture of the gunboat Anhambaí

Capture of the 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 Guimarães (POW)
Strength
2 Corvettes	1 Gunboat; 34 soldiers
Casualties and losses
Unknown	1 Gunboat captured; All crewmen captured

The Capture of the Amambaí steam occurred on January 6, 1865, when the Paraguayan corvettes Yporá and Río 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. Yporá 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.

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

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