Captain Pickings of the USS Charleston wrote to the Navy Department on February 8th, 1984: “The Aquidaban was sighted coming in, not flying the admiral’s flag. She was fired at by all the forts, and stood towards and anchored near the Tamandre, returning fire, but only occasionally, with her large guns. It was a remarkable sight to see this vessel come in before all the forts and batteries and seemingly without any injury at all. I hear from a good source that she was struck twice, but without material injury.”

Ship Name: Aquidaban

Year Built: 1885

Nationality: Brazil 

Tonnage: 4950

Ship Type: Steel Hulled Steam Battleship 

Year Wrecked: 1906  

Location Wrecked: Port Jacarepagua, Brazil

Reason for Wreck: Magazine Explosion 

Lives Lost: 212

Sources: 

https://www.jstor.org/stable/42884015?seq=6

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87334494/8155411

https://news.hrvh.org/veridian/?a=d&d=idadbgfa19060201.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------

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