Agustín Arturo Prat Chacón was a Chilean lawyer and navy officer. He was killed in the Battle of Iquique, during the War of the Pacific.
Photography by Arturo Prat.
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
The Chilean Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Chilean Armed Forces. It is under the Ministry of National Defense. Its headquarters are at Edificio Armada de Chile, Valparaiso.
The Chilean Squadron sails off for Perú in 1820
The Chilean Squadron anchored in Valparaíso's bay in 1879
Chilean Navy officer's uniform, circa 1890
A possibly altered photograph shows the Chilean Air Force bombing the Chilean Fleet at the port of Coquimbo during the Chilean naval mutiny of 1931