Battle of Montevideo (1823)

The naval Battle of Montevideo (Portuguese: Batalha Naval de Montevidéu) of 21 October 1823 formed a part of the Siege of Montevideo, as Brazilian forces sought to capture the last Portuguese redoubt in the Cisplatina during the War of Independence of Brazil.

Battle of Montevideo
Part of the Brazilian War of Independence
Date21 October 1823
Location
River Plate, off of Montevideo, Uruguay
Result Brazilian victory
Belligerents
 Empire of Brazil United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
Commanders and leaders
Pedro Antônio Nunes Álvaro da Costa de Sousa de Macedo
Strength
unknown 1 schooner
3 transports

The battle was one of the few conventional naval battles between the two powers during the war. The Portuguese forces, a captured schooner and three armed transports, had endured the Brazilian blockade of the port but only sought to break it on 21 October.

Despite heavy fighting neither side lost a ship, and the Portuguese withdrew to the port, with the conflict ending a month later with the surrender of Montevideo.[1]

References
  1. Lawrence Sondhaus (4 May 2004). Navies in Modern World History. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-455-7.


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