Brazilian corvette Jequitinhonha
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 The Jequitinhonha on fire | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Empire of Brazil | |
| Namesake | Jequitinhonha River |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Corvette[1] |
| Displacement | 637 tonnes |
| Beam | 7.92m |
| Draft | 3.81 |
| Propulsion | 130hp steam engine |
| Armament | 6 32-caliber guns, 1 38-caliber gun |
The steam corvette Jequitinhonha was a warship in the Imperial Brazilian Navy during the Paraguayan War. It took part in the Battle of Riachuelo.
The Jequitinhonha is the only ship in the history of the Brazilian Navy to bear this name. It was built in Britain in the early 1850s, and arrived in Brazil on 25 January 1854. There it was named Jequitinhonha after the rivers of the same name in Minas Gerais and Bahia. Its first commander was Joaquim Raimundo de Lamare. In 1864 it was assigned to the naval division commanded by pt:Francisco Pereira Pinto, hunting ships of the Uruguayan Navy.[1]
On a mission to blockade Paraguayan ports, the Jequitinhonha was assigned to the naval division commanded by José Segundino de Gomensoro on 5 April 1865. Now under the command of Joaquim José Pinto,[2] the corvette left for Buenos Aires on 30 April as flagship of Gomensoro's 3rd Division, together the frigate Amazonas, the corvettes Beberibe, Belmonte and Parnahyba and the gunboats Araguary, Mearim, Ipiranga and Iguatemy commanded by Admiral Barroso. Their mission was to prevent the Paraguayans from crossing the River Paraná.[1]
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