a drawing of huascar brig-rigged sails
huáscar ordered government of peru john laird sons & company in 1864 war against spain. laird house had extensive experience of these advanced ships, designing , building laird rams. launched in birkenhead on 7 october 1865.
commanded chilean captain josé maría salcedo, naval officer in peruvian government s service, had supervised construction on behalf of peruvian navy, left peru on 20 january 1866 on trip saw trouble: month-long wait @ brest, minor collision ironclad independencia on 28 february, refusal of service neutral countries, month of repairs @ rio de janeiro, insubordination independencia s commander , capture , sinking of spanish brigantine manuel. when arrived in port @ ancud in allied chile join rest of combined fleet on 7 june, late participate in conflict.
under captain lizardo montero, huáscar prepared @ valparaíso participate in late 1866 expedition fight spanish fleet @ philippines. montero, several other peruvian officers, objected plans rear admiral john r. tucker –formerly commander of confederate warships during american civil war – in command of fleet, , requested relieved. captain salcedo took command of huáscar, expedition cancelled.
in february 1868, captain miguel grau took command of huáscar , remain until 1876, becoming longest-serving commander. long years aboard ironclad prove valuable later , become peru s renowned naval officer.
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