Brazil Squadron

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Military unit of the United States Navy

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FieldValue
unit_nameBrazil Squadron
imageUSS Bainbridge (1842).jpg
image_size300px
captionA wash painting of the brig USS Bainbridge.
dates1826–1905
countryUnited States of America
branchNaval_jack_of_the_United_States_(1896–1908).svg United States Navy
typeNaval squadron
disbanded
notable_commanders
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Falklands Expedition

Main article: Falklands Expedition

An expedition to the Falkland Islands was launched in late 1831 when the sloop-of-war USS Lexington was sent to Puerto Soledad to investigate the capture and possible armament of two American whalers. When the sailors arrived at the settlement, its Argentine population was found to be suffering from starvation so Commander Silas Duncan evacuated the colonists to the mainland. Because of this the Falklands were left unpopulated and open for British colonization a few years later. Argentina's dispute with the United Kingdom over rights to the islands culminated in the 1982 Falklands War which left the British in control. Argentine accounts claim that the USS Lexington destroyed the town with naval gunfire, while American accounts differ.

Slave trade

Main article: Blockade of Africa, African Slave Trade Patrol

::data[format=table title="Slave trading vessels captured by Brazil SquadronCanney, D.L., "Africa Squadron", Potomac Books, 2006, pp. 233–234"]

VesselCaptorDateLocation
Porpoise23 January 1845Rio de Janeiro
AlbertJune 1845Bahia
Laurens23 January 1848Rio de Janeiro
A.D. Richardson11 December 1848Rio de Janeiro
Independence13 December 1848Rio de Janeiro
Susan6 February 1849Rio de Janeiro
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Commanders

Brazil Squadron

Special Squadron

South Atlantic Squadron

References

References

  1. Klafter, Craig E., ''United States Involvement in the Falkland Islands Crisis of 1831–1833'', Journal of the Early Republic, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Winter, 1984), pp. 395-420
  2. Howarth, S. ''To Shining Sea: A History of the United States Navy, 1775-1998'', University of Oklahoma Press, 1999.
  3. Allen, Keith. (2003). "US Fleet Organization 1898–1941". The Great War Primary Documents Archive.
  4. (2007). "Silas Duncan and the Falklands' Incident". ussduncan.org.
  5. Canney, D.L., "Africa Squadron", Potomac Books, 2006, pp. 233–234

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