Arturo Prat
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Agustín Arturo Prat Chacón was a Chilean Navy officer and lawyer. He was killed in the Battle of Iquique, during the War of the Pacific. During his career, Prat had taken part in several naval engagem
Arturo Prat con espada
Naval Battle of Iquique
Heroes of Iquique monument and crypt in Valparaíso, Chile. At the top is the statue of Prat, on the second level statues of Serrano, Riquelme, Aldea and a generic seaman
Death of Arturo Prat. Painting by Thomas Somerscales
Chilean corvette Esmeralda
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Esmeralda was a wooden-hulled steam corvette of the Chilean Navy, launched in 1855, and sunk by the Peruvian turret ship Huáscar on 21 May 1879 at the Battle of Iquique during the War of the Pacific.
Arturo Prat
…conceived, consisting of attacking the Peruvian squadron in Callao's port, he assigned as Abtao's commander Manuel Thompson, who commanded the corvette Esmeralda until then. Arturo Prat replaced him, and Carlos Condell de la Haza was designated Covadonga's commander. On 16 May, the squadron set sail to Callao…
Corbeta Esmeralda
Painting by Thomas Somerscales of the sinking of Esmeralda by Huáscar during the Battle of Iquique