List of Peruvian steam frigates
Appearance
This is a list of Peruvian steam frigates of the period 1852-1881:
Ship name | Ship type | Origin | Commissioned | Guns | Fate |
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Amazonas | screw frigate | ![]() |
1852 | 34 | Ship runs aground and lost in Punta Quilque (Chile), 1866 |
Apurímac | screw frigate | ![]() |
1855 | 36 | Ship scuttled in the Callao harbour to prevent capture, 1881 |
Independencia | broadside ironclad frigate | ![]() |
1866 | 28 | Ship collide with a submerged rock and sank during the chase of the schooner Covadonga near Iquique (Perú, now Chile), 1879 |