Colobian Navy The most important Colombian riverine units were the "Barranquilla" (gunboat, built 1932), "Cartagena" (gunboat, built 1932), "Santa Marta" (gunboat, built 1932), "Pichincha" (coast guard cutter, built 1925), "Bogota" (gunboat, built 1918), "Córdova" (gunboat, built 1918), "General Nariño" (gunboat, built 1897), "Boyacá (transport, built 1920) and "Presidente Mosquera" (sternwheel steamer, date of construction unknown). The principal riverine craft of the Peruvian navy were the "América" (gunboat, built 1904), "Napo" (gunboat, built 1925), "Iquitos" (launch, built 1875), "Cabuapanas" (launch, built circa 1880) and the "Portillo" (launch, built circa 1880). Peruvian Navy Pre 1932: Cruisers: "Almirante Grau" & "Coronel Bolognesi" Cruiser-School ship "Lima" Torpedo-boat "Teniente Rodriguez" R-Class submarines x 4 ( These had all designed for Ocean operations, not river warfare ) The 2 Estonian destroyers bought by Peru were re-named the "Admirante Guise" and the "Admirante Villar" Colombian Navy Post 1931 "Cartagena" "Santa Marta" & "Barranquilla" had just been completed in Britain in 1932 and sailed to Colombia that year. The two new Portugese destoyers that Colombia bought were re-named "Antiquois" (ex-Douro) and the "Caldas" (ex-Tejo). Source: Latin America: A Naval History 1810-1987, by Dr. Robert L. Scheina. The División Naval del Atlántico consisted of the cruisers "Cártagena", "Próspero", "Pinzon", and the "Presidente Marroquín", with the gunboats "La Popa", "Boyacá" and "General Nariño", plus the transport "Medellín" and tug-boats "Chucuito" and "Cauca" The División Naval del Pacifico was composed of the cruiser "Almirante Padilla" and the gunboat "Darién" In the river Magdalena were the gunboats "Colombia" and "Hércules" Source: Historia de las Fuerzas Militares de Colombia Armada, 1900-1950 section by Prof. Jesús Torres Almeyda. Back to Table of Contents: Booklet No. 7, Leticia Conflict Back to El Dorado List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1998 by The South and Central Military Historians Society This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com