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RAYMOND P. RODGERS (1849-1925) U.S. Naval officer who served as the Head of the Office of Naval Intelligence. Autograph “Memorandum on the Peruvian Navy” Unsigned. Four pages, 7 3/4” x 9 3/4”. Accompanied by a one page 15 3/4” x9 3/4 ledger of armored and unarmored ships of Peru. Rodgers writes, in part: “ ...The Navy of Peru is controlled by the Minister of War and Marine. It is composed of one armored frigate, one single-turret ship, two single-turret monitors, two ...corvettes, four transport and three school ships. The Independencia is an armored frigate of the old type, with moderate protection for the water line and battery ...Her max speed on steam trial yesterday was 12 knots. Her boilers are new. He bow is built for ramming. The hull is of iron and is divided into three water tight compartments ...By far the most formidable ship of the Peruvian Navy is the Huascar ...She carried a single turret ...in which are mounted two 10 ni 12 ton muzzle loading Armstrongs ...The deck is four feet above the water line, and immediately at the bow the side rise about 6 feet above the deck thus forming a small topgallant ...The hull is of iron with double bottoms, and is divided into five water tight compartments. Her armor is backed by 10 inches of teak ...The turret is 30 in diameter, it has 7 inches of armor in immediately front of the guns and five about the remainder ...The turret is turned upon conical iron roller, upon which its base rests ¡¦. The guns can be fired through an arc of 138 ...on her trial April 26th she made between 10 1//2 and 12 knots per hour. The Huascar carried 200 men ¡¦. The Monitors Atahualpa and Mauco Capae were bought in the United States 1867 or 1868. They were then known as the Catawba and Oncota ...The Union is a fine wooden corvette. She and the America (lost in the tidal wave of 68) were built at Nantes, France ¡¦” The accompanying 15 3/4” x9 3/4” table, accomplished in Rodger¡¯s hand, provides the following information for each Peruvian vessel: “Name of Ship,” “Class,” “Material,” “Draught, Forward and Aft,” “Length between perpendiculars,¡¯ “breadth of beam,” “Total displacement, tons,” “ Number & Kind of Guns,” “ Height of Battery above Water,” “Thickness of Armor at water-line,” “Builders,” “Indicated Horse Power,” “ Max Speed, knots per hour,” “Total cost of ship” and “Remarks.” Verso of this table contains a count of Peruvian Naval personnel divided by rank. A great piece of naval history and intelligence gathering during the period preceeding the Pacific War between Chile and Peru. Although the outbreak of this war caught the Peruvian Navy unprepared and outgunned, Peruvian Admiral Grau, the commander of the above examined Huascar ironclad, was able to delay Chilean advances for six months before he was killed and defeated at the Battle of Angamos. Extremely Fine.
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