Battle of Vuelta de Obligado

When

20 Nov 1845

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

33.59° S, 59.81° W

Description

1845 naval battle of the Anglo-French blockade of the Rio de la Plata

Naval

yes

Battle of the Anglo-French blockade of the Rio de la Plata

The Battle of Vuelta de Obligado took place on 20 November 1845, in the waters of the Paraná River, on its right bank and in the north of the province of Buenos Aires (Argentina), in a bend where the river narrows and turns, known as Vuelta de Obligado, in what is today the town of Obligado, in San Pedro district.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata – Battle of Vuelta de Obligado”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la marine française et la marine anglaise écrasent la flotte de Rosas, le dictateur argentin, à la bataille de la Vuelta de Obligado”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Argentina, en las costas del río Paraná, a 180 km de San Pedro”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page