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The Action of 22 August 1866 occurred during the Chincha Islands War near Funchal, on the island of Madeira, and was the final action of the war battle between Spanish and Chilean forces. The Chilean steamer ''Tornado'' was captured by the Spanish frigate ''Gerona'', on August 22, 1866 off the island of Madeira. Tornado had arrived in Madeira under the command of Juan MacPherson, an English commander in service of the Chilean Navy. The Chilean ship had sailed to Madeira on 21 August to make provisions of charcoal and food supplements and to recruit sailors for its crew. Although the intent was to remain until August 23, at 14:00 hours on August 22 the watch aboard ship alerted the captain to the presence of an armed vessel, the Spanish frigate Gerona. Captain McPherson decided to leave all his supplies on the dock and got the ship underway 90 minutes after the first sighting of the Gerona. In its haste, Tornado had not been inspected by or granted permission to leave port from the Portuguese authorities in Madeira. Two blank charges were fired to signal that the Tornado should stop, but the Tornado continued out of port. The Gerona had been sent from Cádiz under the command of captain Benito Ruiz de la Escalera specifically to capture the Tornado and its sister ship the Cyclone. The firing of the charges alerted the Gerona of the presence of the Tornado and the Gerona gave chase. At 22:30 the Gerona fired a blank shot. The Tornado continued to ignore the intent but the Gerona followed up with three live shots; the Tornado stopped its engines and struck its colors. The crew of the Tornado was transferred to the Gerona; the Tornado was manned by a prize crew commanded by naval lieutenant Manuel de Bustillo y Pery. The Tornado sailed for Cádiz, where it arrived on August 26, while the Gerona returned to Madeira in a fruitless search for Tornado's sister ship Cyclone. 〔García Martínez, José Ramón (2005). Buques de la Real Armada de S.M.C. Isabel II (1830–1868). Madrid: Museo Naval.〕 ==Aftermath== The captured Tornado was subsequently taken into the Spanish service under the same name.〔Lawrence Sondhaus. Naval warfare, 1815–1914. Routledge press (2001) ISBN 0-415-21478-5, p.98〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Action of 22 August 1866」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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