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Posted by Roger Dawson
on 11/2/2009, 1:20 pm, in reply to "Re: appearance sketch of Peruvian monitor Victoria"
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Victoria was a locally-built monitor with a single 64pounder gun and powered (not the right word!) by a railway locomotive engine. The National Maritime Museum say there is a painting but show no image on their website. The Loa was a cut-down frigate (like CSS Virginia) and quite different from Victoria.
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: You proabably know that the two monitors
: purchased from the US after the US Civil War
: (I thought they were Passaic class, but
: could have been other),named Atahualpa and
: Manco Capac in Peruvian service, didn't
: arrive in time for action against Spain. I
: think it would have had to be a locally
: built casemate ironclad like the later Loa.
: Let us know what you discover.
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: I am looking for information on this ship
: from
: the War of the Pacific between Spain and the
: South American allies. I have good info on
: dimensions and armament (some
: discrepancies), but no plan or appearance
: sketch. I have found two paintings of the
: Battle at Callao, (her only action) which
: purport to depict her, but both are rather
: fanciful, and were painted long after the
: battle. From what can be seen in the post
: card sized photo of one and the on-line
: pixelated photo of the other, the appearance
: of the ship which should be Victoria looks
: to be a Canonicus class monitor that was
: acquired after the the battle. Warship
: International from the early 1970s has some
: sketches of the Spanish and later Allied
: ironclads but not Victoria.
:
: Does anyone know of an authentic plan or
: appearance sketch? All help is appreciated.
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