Iquique Naval Combat
Naval Campaign
- Chipana
- Iquique
- Punta Gruesa
- 1st Antofagasta
- 2nd Antofagasta
- Rímac
- Angamos
- Pilcomayo
- 1st Arica
- 2nd Arica
- Callao
Land Campaign
- Topáter
- San Francisco
- Tarapacá
- Los Ángeles
- Tacna
- Arica
- Chorrillos
- Miraflores
- Lima
- San Pablo
- Pachia
- La Concepción
- Huamachuco
The Battle of Iquique (Spanish: Batalla de Iquique or Combate Naval de Iquique) was a confrontation that occurred on May 21, 1879, during the naval stage of the War of the Pacific, a conflict between Chile and Peru and Bolivia. The battle took place off the then-Peruvian port of Iquique. The Peruvian ironclad Huáscar, commanded by Miguel Grau Seminario, sank the Esmeralda, a Chilean wooden corvette captained by Arturo Prat Chacón, after four hours of combat.
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