Battle of Iquique

When

21 May 1879

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

20.20° S, 70.16° W

Description

1879 naval battle between Chile and Peru

Naval

yes

1879 naval battle during the War of the Pacific

The Battle of Iquique was a naval engagement on 21 May 1879, during the War of the Pacific, where a Chilean corvette commanded by Arturo Prat Chacón faced a Peruvian ironclad under Miguel Grau. The battle occurred off the port of Iquique, Peru, and ended with the sinking of the Chilean wooden corvette Esmeralda by the Peruvian ironclad Huáscar after four hours of combat, marking a victory for Peru.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Iquique and Battle of Punta Gruesa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Seegefechte von Iquique und von Punta Gruesa enden mit einem Sieg der peruanischen Flotte unter Miguel Grau Seminario über Chile unter Arturo Prat”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire péruvienne contre le Chili au combat naval d’Iquique”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Combates navales de Iquique y de Punta Gruesa durante la guerra del Pacífico”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “太平洋戦争: イキケの海戦”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• War of the Pacific14 Feb 1879 · Interstate war · Deaths 13,868