1879 05 21 0000 Surface Action At Iquique

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Engagement	1879 05 21 0000 Surface Action At Iquique

Start YMDHM	1879_05_21_0000
Served By Link	http://members.lycos.co.uk/Juan39/BATTLE_OF_IQUIQUE.html
Included In Activity	1879 May 19 Peruvian Attack Iquique
Sink Ship	CHL Esmeralda \| PER Independencia
Primary Unit Involvement	PER First Naval Division - 1879 05 21 0000 Surface Action At Iquique
Activity Type	Engagement
Conducted By Country	Chile
Conducted Against Country	Peru
Typical Range	1 000m
Engagement Type	Surface Action
Activity Class	Moderate
Completeness	Order Of Battle Complete \| Units Entered

	Details
	Expensive but successful Peruvian attack on the Chilean ships blockading Iquique.

Places
1) Location Place	2) 1: Included In Place	3) 2: Depicted In Image	4) 1: Summary
Iquique	Chile		Originally the most southern port in Peru but lost to Chile it the 1879 02 14 War Of The Pacific.

Personal Involvements
Commanded By	Rank
Grau Miguel	CAPT

Unit Involvements
1) Command	2) 1: Ship Age	3) 1: Details	4) 1: Commanded By	5) 4:Rank	6) 4: Age	7) 1:Result
PER Huascar	14.38yr	Eventually hit CHL Esmeralda in the engine room, then sunk her by ramming three times.	Grau Miguel	CAPT
PER Independencia	14.38yr	Chased CHL Esmeralda for 3 hours into shallow water, struck an uncharted rock and sunk.	Moore Juan Guillermo	CAPT	43.38yr	Sunk

Unit Involvements
1) Opposing Unit Involvement	2) 1: Details	3) 1: Commanded By	4) 3:Rank	5) 3: Details	6) 1: Ship Age	7) 1:Result
CHL Squadron At Iquique - 1879 05 21 0000 Surface Action At Iquique	Defeated, one ship sunk and the other forced to flee.	Prat Arturo	CAPT	Killed leading a boarding party against the PER Huascar.
CHL Esmeralda	Disabled by a shell in the engine room and then rammed three times by PER Huascar.	Prat Arturo	CAPT	Killed leading a boarding party against the PER Huascar.	20.38yr	Sunk
CHL Covadonga	Escaped after a 3 hour chase into shallow water where the pursuer PER Independencia struck a rock.	Condell Carlos	LT		21.38yr

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