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continued further south of Caleta el Cobre, the members of the expedition observed that the mountain range was further and further from the coast and, in its place, a wide plane appeared. In front of the expedition was Caleta de
Remiendos and the ravine of the same name. The members of the expedition
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were the engineers
Eugenio Plazolles and Macario Sierralta who were under government orders to do reconnaissance work along the northern Atacama coast. They set sail on 21 October 1876 from Mejillones, arriving the next night at Antofagasta. There, the engineers Sierralta and Plazolles chose the
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in the early morning of the 20th instant, arriving at
Madeira, Portugal on the 22nd instant. At 6:15 in the evening; before arriving at the anchoring ground, she discovered a suspicious steamer weighing anchor and apparently getting ready to put to sea, for which reason the Commander of
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elderly miner
Secundino Corvalan, who was familiar with the area, to help them reach the interior of the desert in the area between the 24th parallel and Caleta el Cobre, some 15 or 16 nautical miles south of that parallel.
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set sail under the command of
Commander F. Rondizzoni, member of the Northern Atacama Coastal Exploration Committee, tasked with making studies as proposed by Minister Victorio Lastarria. Also aboard the steamship
327:, she was placed under a 24-hour scrutiny by British customs officers and as late as January 1865 she was still considered to be Confederate property, and apparently remained so until the end of the
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had located the conditions necessary for the establishment of a port, as well as an overland means of communication with the desert interior.
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She was involved in almost all
Chilean expeditions and landings during the war. In the final stages of the war she was refitted completely.
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she was bought by the
Chilean Government for $ 25,000 and armed with four 150 lb and four 40 lb guns and set sail for
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Capitan de Corbeta Francisco Rondizzoni de la Cotera she made a hydrographic survey of the Chilean coast between
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waited patiently in the rendezvous point, until the crew were ordered to re-coal and head for the desolate islands of
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was commissioned on 1 June 1867, after the
Chinchas war, under the command of Capitán de Fragata
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Manuel
Carvallo to British shipyards in search of unsold warships originally laid down for the
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was a wooden ship built in Scotland during 1864 of 1.600 tons and 800 IHP. She fought in the
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coast, in order to collect unpaid wages and bonuses offered by the delivery of the vessel.
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could not be sold and was used as transporter until 1878 when she was sold for $ 18,000.
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by a Mrs. Galbraith and launched on 29 October 1863. Through the efforts of the American
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748:, Liga Maritima de Chile, in Spanish Language, retrieved on 6 December 2011
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There are some differences between the data given by Carlos Urrutia Lopez,
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On 12 February 1873 she was put under the command of Capitán de Corbeta
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610:List of decommissioned ships of the Chilean Navy
535:According to Oscar Bermudez Miral, the corvette
571:with the Chilean Fleet as planned by Almirante
263:, the hulls of the 1600-ton commerce-raider
243:, the Chilean Government sent her agent in
631:, Editorial Andrés Bello, 1969, page 406,
378:in November 1866 and was rechristened as
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578:On 28 August 1879 she fought off
315:The 1600-ton hull was christened
739:Historia de la Corbeta "Tornado"
629:"Historia de la Marina de Chile"
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532:23°S and the Caleta del Cobre.
494:later was she under command of
300:and the 1200-ton true original
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720:Bermúdez, Oscar Miral (1963).
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451:was about to be captured.
342:captures the Chilean ship
208:1 × 5.8" and 4 × 4.7" guns
184:800 ihp (600 kW)
759:The Pampero/Texas/Tornado
737:Germán Bravo Valdivieso,
416:and taken into Portland.
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88:Dennis Brothers, Scotland
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667:When Liverpool Was Dixie
596:At the beginning of the
563:At the beginning of the
168:12.7 m (42 ft)
753:Spanish Wooden Cruisers
573:Juan Williams Rebolledo
350:Robert Winthrop Simpson
312:under Spanish command.
249:Confederate States Navy
144:General characteristics
79:Confederate States Navy
635:and the data from the
598:1891 Chilean Civil War
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282:Foreign Enlistment Act
176:8 ft (2.4 m)
710:House of Commons p.18
504:1868 Arica earthquake
492:Enrique Simpson Baeza
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384:Naval Battle of Abtao
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524:and she sail to the
431:The Spanish frigate
338:The Spanish frigate
235:Two hulls in Glasgow
641:Abtao, corbeta (1º)
522:Jorge Montt Alvarez
422:Fernando de Noronha
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241:Chincha Islands War
744:2013-04-19 at the
565:War of the Pacific
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580:Antofagasta
401:(later the
374:arrived at
261:River Clyde
239:During the
132:Honours and
104:1 June 1867
780:1864 ships
769:Categories
679:2011-05-03
616:References
584:Magallanes
502:after the
468:Career of
382:after the
376:Valparaiso
515:Tumán Bay
426:Brazilian
414:Caledonia
269:CSS
259:, on the
742:Archived
644:Archived
639:website
604:See also
586:against
530:Parallel
513:and the
397:But the
257:Greenock
216:corvette
205:Armament
93:Launched
64:Namesake
588:Huáscar
449:Pampero
444:Huáscar
418:Pampero
405:Tornado
399:Pampero
392:Pampero
362:Hamburg
354:Pampero
344:Pampero
317:Pampero
310:Tornado
302:Pampero
294:Cyclone
286:Pampero
277:Pampero
253:Glasgow
245:Belgium
126:Cyclone
117:Renamed
85:Builder
77:by the
74:Ordered
37:History
569:Callao
462:Gerona
453:Gerona
433:Gerona
340:Gerona
321:consul
306:Canton
157:Length
152:1600 t
134:awards
558:Abtao
556:1877
550:Abtao
542:Abtao
537:Abtao
500:Arica
488:Abtao
481:Abtao
470:Abtao
457:Cadiz
380:Abtao
372:Texas
358:Texas
298:Abtao
290:Texas
271:Texas
265:Texas
220:Abtao
189:Speed
173:Draft
122:Texas
58:Abtao
48:Chile
30:Abtao
441:and
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112:1922
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