1879 Jun 01 Peruvian Cruise Of PER Huascar Off Chile

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Operation	1879 Jun 01 Peruvian Cruise Of PER Huascar Off Chile

Start YMDHM	1879_06_01_0000
End YMDHM	1879_10_08_0000
Duration	129day
Included In Activity	1879 02 14 War Of The Pacific
Activity Type	Operation
Conducted By Country	Peru
Conducted Against Country	Chile
Contained In Theatre Of War	Pacific Theatre
Operation Type	Cruise
Activity Class	Moderate
Completeness	Included Activities Entered \| Units Entered

	Details
	Aim: To disrupt Chilean coastal traffic and to prevent troop convoys to the war zone. Results: PER Huascar captured or destroyed 17 Chilean vessels over 5 months, preventing any Chilean land campaign. It was eventually caught and sunk by the Chileans.

Places
1) Location Place	2) 1: Depicted In Image	3) 1: Included In Place	4) 3: Depicted In Image
Chile		South America

Units
1) Involve Unit	2) 1: as Unit Involvement	3) 2: Ship Age Year
PER Huascar	N	14.41yr

Activities
Include Activity	Activity Type	Details
1879 05 26 0000 Bombardment Of Port Batteries At Antofagasta	Engagement	Results: All port batteries destroyed.
1879 06 03 1310 Surface Action Huascar Escapes Near Punta De Lobos Chile	Engagement
1879 07 10 0000 Surface Action Huascar Escapes From Iquique	Engagement	Huascar entered Iquique to cut out the collier Matias Cousizo but was surprised by the CHL Magallanes and then the CHL Almirante Cochrane. Grau Miguel then departed in accordance with orders not to fight Chilean ironclads.
1879 07 23 0000 Surface Action Huascar And Union Capture The Rimac Off Antofagasta	Engagement	The transport Rimac was carrying a Chilean cavalry regiment and was then used as a Peruvian armed cruiser.
1879 Aug 01 Chilean Repair And Refit Of Cochrane And Blanco Encalada At Valparaiso	Operation	Aim: To improve the ships speed so as to be able to catch Huascar.
1879 08 27 0000 Surface Action Huascar Engages Magallanes And Abtao In Antofagasta	Engagement
1879 08 29 0000 Surface Action Huascar Escapes From Blanco Encalada	Engagement
1879 10 08 0000 Surface Action At Punta Angamos Chile	Engagement

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