|
The ''Rímac'' was a steamer involved in decisive actions of the War of the Pacific (1879-1884) and Thousand Days' War (1899-1902). After the building of the ship in the United Kingdom in 1872, she was purchased by the Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores and arrived to Chile in 1874. On 5 May 1874 the Chilean government issued a subvention program under which Chilean enterprises supplied Navy with materiel, called "Convenio de subvención." At the beginning of the war and under this agreement the ''Rímac'' was handed over to the Navy, together with the ships ''Loa'' and ''Itata''.〔Chilean Navy site,(Transporte Rímac ), retrieved on 27 November 2012〕 In May 1879 she towed the ''Covadonga'' to Antofagasta after the Battle of Punta Gruesa. In June 1879 the Peruvian ironclad ''Huáscar'' captured the ''Rímac'' with 260 men of a cavalry regiment, weapons and ammunition. This loss caused riots in Santiago and led to the resignation of the Minister of National Defense (Chile), Basilio Urrutia Vásquez, and the commander-in-chief of the Chilean navy, Juan Williams Rebolledo.〔THE WAR BETWEEN CHILI AND PERU, Timaru Herald, Rōrahi XXXI, Putanga 1605, 12 Whiringa-ā-rangi 1879, Page 3 (), retrieved on 6 December 2012〕 After the defeat of the Peruvian Army in the battles of San Juan and Miraflores, the Secretary of the Navy, Captain Manuel Villar, during the night of 16 January 1881 ordered the destruction of the port defenses and the remaining ships of the Peruvian Navy, including the ''Rímac'', to prevent their (re-)capture by the Chilean troops. The order was executed by the captains Germán Astete and Manuel Villavisencio during the dawn of 17 January 1881. But few months later, in June 1881 she was refloated and auctioned off to CSAV (again) for $36,000. During the Thousand Days' War in Colombia, the ''Rímac'', then renamed ''Lautaro'', was lent to the Conservative Party; she was sunk off Panama City on 20 January 1902, fighting against the ''Admiral Padilla'' of the Liberal Party. ==See also== * List of decommissioned ships of the Chilean Navy 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chilean transporter Rímac (1872)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|