Montevideo Naval Division
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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = Montevideo Naval Division
| native_name = Divisão Naval de Montevidéo
| image = Batalha_Naval_do_Riachuelo_(11_DE_JUNHO_DE_1865)_(52322574845).jpg
| caption = The Brazilian frigate Amazonas rams and sinks the Paraguayan Jejuy.
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| dates = 1851–1876
| country = Empire of Brazil
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| branch = {{flagicon image|Bandeira_do_Cruzeiro_20_estrelas_1853-1911.gif}} Imperial Brazilian Navy
| type = Naval Division
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| garrison = Montevideo
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| battles = Uruguayan War
Paraguayan War
| notable_commanders = Marquis of Tamandaré
John Pascoe Grenfell
Baron of Amazonas
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The Montevideo Naval Division or Rio da Prata Naval Division was a Brazilian naval division based at the Port of Montevideo and operating in Uruguay from 1851 to 1878.
It was created in compliance with article 4, of the Treaty of Alliance between Brazil and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, which aimed to militarily assist in political stability after the Uruguayan Civil War.{{Sfn|Simões Cosso|2004|p=55}}{{Sfn|Teixeira Soares|2004|p=83}}
The text of the treaty declared that the objective was to protect Uruguayan independence, pacify its territory, and expel Oribe's forces.{{sfn|Vianna|1994|p=527}} Urquiza would command the Argentine forces and Eugenio Garzón would lead the Colorado Uruguayans, with both receiving financial and military aid from the Empire of Brazil.{{sfn|Maia|1975|p=256}}
The government of Montevideo rewarded Brazil's financial and military support at the final stages of the war by signing five treaties in 1851 that provided for perpetual alliance between the two countries.{{Sfn|Teixeira Soares|2004|pp=203–215}}
Origins
{{Main|Platine Wars|Thirty-Three Orientals|Great Siege of Montevideo}}
With independence of Paraguay and Uruguay was secured, and the planned Argentine invasion of Rio Grande do Sul was blocked.{{sfn|Golin|2004|pp=42, 43}} In a period of three years, Brazil had destroyed any possibility of reconstituting a state encompassing the territories of the old Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, a goal cherished by many in Argentina since independence.{{sfn|Lyra 1977, Vol 1|p=164}}
Brazil's army and fleet had accomplished what the United Kingdom and France, the great powers of that time, had not achieved through interventions by their powerful navies.{{sfn|Calmon|2002|p=195}} This represented a watershed for the history of the region, ushering in Brazilian hegemony over the Platine region.
Once the political situation and territorial threats in the La Plata Basin stabilized in the 1870s, Uruguay ceased to be a matter of political concern for Brazil.{{sfn|Doratio|2014|p=59}} On the other hand, the region also lost economic importance, as the internal agricultural frontier expanded and also Brazil's domestic industry, greatly benefited during the war years.{{sfn|Doratio|2014|p=60}} The Naval Division was disbanded in 1876.
Ships
In 1869, the Divisão Naval de Montevidéo was composed of:{{cite web |author= |date=1870 |title=Almanak da Marinha |url=https://memoria.bn.br/pdf/828807/per828807_1870_00013.pdf |url-status=live |location=Município Neutro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520233240/http://memoria.bn.br/pdf/828807/per828807_1879_00020.pdf |archive-date=20 May 2022 |access-date=4 January 2022}}
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colspan=2 | Frigate |
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colspan=2 align="center"|Amazonas (Flagship) |
colspan=2 | Corvettes |
colspan=2 align="center"|Vital de Oliveira{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-04|title=Corvette Vital de Oliveira|url=https://www.naval.com.br/ngb/V/V031/V031.htm|website=www.naval.com.br}} Beberibe{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-04|title=Corvette Beberibe|url=https://www.naval.com.br/ngb/B/B025/B025.htm|website=www.naval.com.br}} |
Patache |
colspan=2 align="center"|Iguassú{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-04|title=Patache Iguassú|url=https://www.marinha.mil.br/dphdm/sites/www.marinha.mil.br.dphdm/files/IguassuPatacho1858-1882.pdf|website=www.marinha.mil.br}} |
See also
References
= Citations =
{{reflist}}
=Bibliography=
- {{cite book|title=Diplomacia do Impériono Rio da Prata (até 1865) |trans-title=Diplomacy of the Empire in the Rio de la Plata (until 1865)|editor=|chapter=|last=Teixeira Soares |first=Álvaro|publisher=|location=Brasília|year=2004|isbn=978-65-87083-17-9}}
- {{cite book
| last1 = Vianna
| first1 = Hélio
| year = 1994
| language = pt
| title = História do Brasil: período colonial, monarquia e república
| edition = 15th
| publisher = Melhoramentos
| location = São Paulo
}}
- {{cite book
| last1 = Maia
| first = João do Prado
| year = 1975
| language = pt
| title = A Marinha de Guerra do Brasil na Colônia e no Império
| edition = 2nd
| publisher = Livraria Editora Cátedra
| location = Rio de Janeiro
}}
- {{cite book|title=Política Exterior do Brasil para com o Uruguai no periodo de 1852 a 1864 |trans-title=Brazilian Foreign Policy towards Uruguay from 1852 to 1864|editor=|chapter=Convivência entre contrários: causas e conseqüências do fim do governo de Giró|last=Simões Cosso |first=Marcos|publisher=Federal University of Santa Maria|location=Santa Maria|year=2004|isbn=}}
- {{cite book
| last1 = Golin
| first1 = Tau
| year = 2004
| language = pt
| title = A Fronteira
| volume = 2
| publisher = L&PM Editores
| location = Porto Alegre
| isbn = 978-85-254-1438-0
}}
- {{cite book
| last1 = Lyra
| first1 = Heitor
| year = 1977
| language = pt
| title = História de Dom Pedro II (1825–1891): Ascenção (1825–1870)
| volume = 1
| publisher = Itatiaia
| location = Belo Horizonte
| ref = {{sfnRef|Lyra 1977, Vol 1}}
}}
- {{cite book
| last1 = Calmon
| first1 = Pedro
| year = 2002
| language = pt-br
| title = História da Civilização Brasileira
| publisher = Senado Federal
| location = Brasília
}}
- {{cite book
| last1 = Doratio
| first1 = Francisco
| year = 2014
| language = pt-br
| title = O Brasil no Rio da Prata (1822–1994)
| volume = 2
| publisher = Fundação Alexandre Gusmão
| location = Brasília
| isbn =
}}
Category:Naval units and formations of Imperial Brazil
Category:Military units and formations established in 1851
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1876