Battle of Punta Colares

Battle of Punta Colares
Part of the Cisplatine War

Combate de Punta Colares, by José Murature, 1865
Date9 February 1826
Location
Río de la Plata, Argentina
34°34′00″S 58°00′00″W / 34.56667°S 58.00000°W / -34.56667; -58.00000
Result Inconclusive[1]
Belligerents
 Empire of Brazil Argentina United Provinces
Commanders and leaders
Empire of Brazil Rodrigo Lobo Argentina William Brown
Strength

Ships:[2]
3 corvettes
5 brigs
2 brigantines
2 schooners
2 gunboats

Total guns: ~155

Ships:[2]
1 corvette
4 brigs
2 schooners
12 gunboats

Total guns: ~126
Casualties and losses
8:[3]
3 killed
5 wounded
No ships lost		 21:[3][4]
6 killed
15 wounded
No ships lost

The naval Battle of Punta Colares, also known as the Battle of Corales, was the first major naval engagement of the Cisplatine War. It took place between a fleet of the Empire of Brazil, commanded by admiral Rodrigo José Ferreira Lobo, and a squadron of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata under the command of admiral William Brown. The confrontations began at around 10 o'clock on 9 February 1826 and lasted for seven hours.[5]

  1. ^ Carneiro 1946, pp.183-184: "Era a primeira vez que a esquadra argentina do Almirante Brown ousava enfrentar a nossa. O resultado não lhe foi favorável. Todavia o Almirante Rodrigo Lobo não soube tirar partido da situação, porque lhe faltava iniciativa e lhe sobejava indecisão".
  2. ^ a b Carneiro 1946, p. 181.
  3. ^ a b Carneiro 1946, p. 183.
  4. ^ Donato 1987, p. 272.
  5. ^ Carneiro 1946, pp. 182–183.