Battle of Iquique

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The Battle of Iquique was a pivotal 1879 naval engagement of the War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru, remembered especially for Chilean captain Arturo Prat’s heroic but fatal stand aboard the corvette Esmeralda.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Combate Naval de Iquique ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Iquique
belligerent Chile ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
causeContext dispute over nitrate-rich territories in the Atacama Desert ⓘ
combatant Chilean Navy ⓘ
Peruvian Navy ⓘ
commander Arturo Prat ⓘ
linked to: Arturo Prat Chacón

Miguel Grau ⓘ
commanderForChile Arturo Prat ⓘ
linked to: Arturo Prat Chacón
commanderForPeru Miguel Grau ⓘ
commemoratedOn Navy Day in Chile ⓘ
commemorationDateInChile May 21 ⓘ
conflict War of the Pacific ⓘ
countryOfHeroicFigure Chile ⓘ
countryWhosePortWasIquiqueAtTheTime Peru ⓘ
date 1879-05-21 ⓘ
front maritime front of the War of the Pacific ⓘ
heroicFigure Arturo Prat ⓘ
linked to: Arturo Prat Chacón
historicalPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
killedPerson Arturo Prat ⓘ
linked to: Arturo Prat Chacón
laterTerritorialStatusOfIquique annexed by Chile after War of the Pacific ⓘ
legacy central episode in Chilean naval tradition ⓘ
subject of numerous Chilean monuments and memorials ⓘ
location Pacific Ocean ⓘ
near Iquique, then Peruvian territory ⓘ
off the port of Iquique ⓘ
notableEvent Arturo Prat boarded Huáscar and was killed in action ⓘ
outcomeForEsmeralda sunk ⓘ
outcomeForHuáscar survived ⓘ
partOf War of the Pacific ⓘ
precededBy Chilean blockade of Iquique ⓘ
primaryEngagementBetween Esmeralda and Huáscar ⓘ
result Peruvian victory ⓘ
shipInvolved Chilean corvette Esmeralda ⓘ
Peruvian armored frigate Independencia ⓘ
Peruvian ironclad Huáscar ⓘ
significance boosted Chilean national morale despite defeat ⓘ
elevated Arturo Prat as a Chilean national hero ⓘ
important early naval action of the War of the Pacific ⓘ
strategicObjectiveForChile maintain blockade of Iquique ⓘ
strategicObjectiveForPeru break Chilean blockade of Iquique ⓘ
tacticUsed ramming of Esmeralda by Huáscar ⓘ
theater naval theater of the War of the Pacific ⓘ
year 1879 ⓘ

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Arturo Prat Chacón → participantIn → Battle of Iquique ⓘ
Arturo Prat Chacón → notableFor → Battle of Iquique ⓘ
subject linked to: Prat
War of the Pacific → notableBattle → Battle of Iquique ⓘ
Chilean corvette Esmeralda → battle → Battle of Iquique ⓘ
Chilean corvette Esmeralda → service → Chilean Navy in the War of the Pacific ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Iquique
Battle of Iquique → alsoKnownAs → Combate Naval de Iquique ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Iquique
Corvette Esmeralda → battle → Battle of Iquique ⓘ
Blanca Estela Prat Carvajal → associatedWith → Battle of Iquique ⓘ
Carmela Carvajal Briones → spouseDiedIn → Battle of Iquique ⓘ
Arturo Prat Chacón → notableEvent → Battle of Iquique ⓘ
subject linked to: Captain Arturo Prat Chacón
Arturo Prat Chacón → dateOfEvent → Battle of Iquique, 1879-05-21 ⓘ
subject linked to: Captain Arturo Prat Chacón
linked to: Battle of Iquique
Saltpeter War → notableBattle → Battle of Iquique ⓘ
Navy Day in Chile → commemorates → Battle of Iquique ⓘ
Miguel Grau → conflict → Battle of Iquique ⓘ
Chilean blockade of Iquique → resultedIn → Battle of Iquique ⓘ
Chilean blockade of Iquique → preceded → Battle of Iquique ⓘ
Chilean blockade of Iquique → relatedEvent → Battle of Iquique ⓘ
Ignacio Serrano Montaner → notableEvent → Battle of Iquique ⓘ
subject linked to: Serrano
Battle of Angamos → relatedEvent → Battle of Iquique ⓘ
Provincia de Arturo Prat → namedForBattle → Battle of Iquique ⓘ
Arturo Prat → participatedIn → Naval Battle of Iquique ⓘ
subject linked to: Prat family
linked to: Battle of Iquique