| Capture of Manuel Briones | |||||||
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 Swedish frigate Eugenie, painting by Jacob Hägg | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Sweden Ecuador | Pirates | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Sweden: Christian Adolf Virgin Ecuador: unknown | Manuel Briones | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Sweden: 1 Frigate Ecuador: Several soldiers | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| At least 4 Ecuadorian soldiers executed |
1 Whaler and 1 smaller vessel captured 6 pirates executed (including Manuel Briones) | ||||||
The capture of Manuel Briones was a brief altercation between Swedish and Ecuadorian authorities and the pirates of Manuel Briones who had set out to attack the upcoming Flores expedition.[1]
Background
The Flores expedition was set to be launched from Peru in 1851, to foment uprisings in Ecuador. Manuel Briones, a well-known criminal imprisoned with a number of his gang members on the small island of Floreana, was plotting to intercept the expedition.[2] The island of Floreana only hosted five prison guards making escape easy for Briones and his gang, and they murdered most of them.[3] Once free the bandits boarded and seized the American whaler George Howland as well as the crew without bloodshed.
The altercation
The bandits had set out for Guayaquil when they encountered some expeditionary vessels sent by Flores himself.[1][2] The bandits wasted no time in murdering and capturing the crew, with only a few escaping. It was then that the Swedish frigate HSwMS Eugenie, just departed from Callao,[4][5][6] became alerted by a distressed sailor about some rampaging pirates. The Swedes decided to take action and pursue the bandits. They stood little chance against the well-armed Swedish frigate and fled ashore after a short chase.[2] The Swedes confiscated the stolen ships where they found an American named Peacock who had been hidden on the whaler for several days in fear of being found and murdered. An Ecuadorian detachment of soldiers would later find and imprison the pirates.
Aftermath
The bandits would later be executed in Guayaquil in front of an audience of locals and the previously mentioned Swedes.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "The Galapagos: a Brief History - Jacob P. Lundh".
- ^ a b c https://galapagos.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/02/Historia-humana-San-Cristobal.pdf
- ^ "Galapagos Province (Ecuador)". www.crwflags.com.
- ^ "Fakta om seglatsen :: Eugenie". www.eugenieseglats.se. April 25, 2023.
- ^ Mörner, Magnus (1965). "The Swedish Frigate Eugenie and the Flores Expedition against Guayaquil". Pacific Historical Review. 34 (1): 51–64. doi:10.2307/3636739 – via JSTOR.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Galapagueana | Timeline". galapagueana.darwinfoundation.org.
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