1 career (peru)
1.1 first years
1.2 actions of war
1.2.1 peruvian civil war
1.2.2 war of pacific
career (peru)
her first years
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.
actions of war
peruvian civil war
the battle of pacocha
huáscar participated in peruvian civil war of 1877. seized in port in callao rebels led retired captain germán astete, used harass, sabotage , disrupt government forces , shipping lanes. during these actions foreign shipping affected, leading british intervention.
on 29 may 1877, fought inconclusive battle of pacocha against 2 british vessels, frigate hms shah , corvette hms amethyst, commanded admiral de horsey. battle saw first use in anger of newly invented self-propelled torpedo which, @ time, had entered limited service royal navy.
huáscar surrendered government after 1 month in rebel hands. although controlled rebels @ time, popular , press pressure on peruvian government resulted in formal diplomatic protest british government attack on huáscar; british parliament, on other hand, came close censuring admiral de horsey failure capture her.
war of pacific
the battle of iquique
the battle of angamos
the naval battle of arica
huáscar participated in war of pacific (1879–1883), in service of peru. once again under command of captain miguel grau, became famous daring harassment raids on chilean ports , transports. result, during opening months of war, ground invasion delayed 6 months until chilean fleet find , stop huáscar.
on 21 may 1879 huáscar led lifting of chilean blockade of iquique. during battle, chilean captain of corvette esmeralda, arturo prat, killed on huáscar s deck. after sinking corvette repeated ramming, huáscar rescued survivors, continued pursuit of fleeing enemy ship covandonga.
during next 137 days huáscar not evaded confrontation mighty enemy fleet, following orders peruvian government, made coast insecure chilean transport ships. biggest prize chilean transport rímac 260 men of line cavalry regiment carabineers of yungay .
determined secure supply lines needed invasion of perú, chileans committed every possible unit hunt down huáscar.
on 8 october 1879 huáscar captured chilean navy @ battle of angamos, during rear admiral grau , 32 of crew of 200 killed.
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