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Ship
Aircraft Model
Unit
Gun Model
Turret Model
Torpedo Model
Rocket Launcher Model
Sensor
Anti Submarine Mounting
Date Time
Country
Activity
Person
Posting
Enterprise
Ship Production Batch
Treaty
Tension
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Technical Details
Ship
CHL Esmeralda
Operated By
Country
Chile
Unit Type
Ship
Ship Class
CHL Esmeralda
Ship Type
Gunboat
Sunk In
Activity
1879 05 21 0000 Surface Action At Iquique
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Postings
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Summary
A screw corvette.
Units
Operated By
Country
Chile
Ships
Commissioned
YMD
Final
YMD
Life
Year
1859 Jan 01
1879 May 21
20.38yr
Activities
1)
Involved In
Activity
2) 1:
as
3) 2:
Details
4) 2:
Engagement Result
5) 2:
Damaged By
Armament Type
6) 2:
Commanded By
7) 6:
Rank
8) 1:
Details
1879 05 21 0000 Surface Action At Iquique
N
Disabled by a shell in the engine room and then rammed three times by
PER Huascar.
Sunk
Gun
|
Ram
Prat Arturo
Captain
Expensive but successful Peruvian attack on the Chilean ships blockading Iquique.
1879 Apr 02 Chilean Blockade Of Iquique
N
Prat Arturo
Captain
Aim:
To prevent the fortification of
Iquique
by
Peru
or to destroy it.
1879 May 19 Peruvian Attack Iquique
N
Prat Arturo
Aim:
To destroy the Chilean ships at Iquique, then attack a Chilean troop convoy from Valparaiso, then to destroy the water filtration plant at Antofagasto.
Assignments
1)
Covered By
Assignment
2) 1:
Assign To
Unit
3) 2:
Covered By
Assignment
4) 3:
Assign To
Unit
1859_Jan_01 - CHL Fleet
CHL Fleet
1860-Jan-01 - Chilian Government
Chilian Government
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