Spanish ironclad Numancia
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The Spanish ironclad Numancia was an armored frigate bought from France during the 1860s. She was the first ironclad to circumnavigate the Earth. She saw service in the Chincha Islands War
Chincha Islands War
The Chincha Islands War was a series of coastal and naval battles between Spain and its former colonies of Peru and Chile from 1864 to 1866, that began with Spain's seizure of the guano-rich Chincha Islands, part of a series of attempts by Isabel II of Spain to reassert her country's lost...
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