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    The Battle of Pacocha was a naval battle that took place on 29 May 1877 between the rebel-held Peruvian monitor Huáscar and the British ships HMS Shah...
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  • Pacocha (cocha=lake) may refer to BAP Pacocha (SS-48) Pacocha District, Moquegua Region, Peru Battle of Pacocha (1877) Pacucha District, Apurímac Region...
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  • BAP Pacocha (SS-48) was a submarine of the Marina de Guerra del Perú (Peruvian Navy) named for the 1877 Battle of Pacocha, in which the Peruvian ironclad...
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    Huáscar (ironclad) (category Ships of the War of the Pacific)
    was the flagship of the Peruvian Navy and participated in the Battle of Pacocha and the War of the Pacific of 1879–1883. At the Battle of Angamos, Huáscar...
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    transporting goods between Peruvian and Chilean ports remained. The Battle of Pacocha took place near Ilo. Along with its pier, a railroad was built to...
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    Pacific Station (category Commands of the Royal Navy)
    against the Nicolás de Piérola-led Huáscar in the Battle of Pacocha on 29 May 1877. In that battle, Shah fired one Whitehead torpedo at Huáscar, but it...
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    HMS Shah (1873) (category Steam frigates of the Royal Navy)
    the corvette HMS Amethyst, she fought an action near Ilo, Peru, the Battle of Pacocha. This was against the Peruvian armoured single-turret ship Huáscar...
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    The Battle of Arica, also known as Assault and Capture of Cape Arica, was a battle in the War of the Pacific. It was fought on 7 June 1880, between the...
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    The Battle of Angamos (Spanish: Combate de Angamos) was a naval encounter of the War of the Pacific fought between the navies of Chile and Perú at Punta...
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    naval vessel to fire a self-propelled torpedo in anger during the Battle of Pacocha against rebel Peruvian ironclad Huáscar on 29 May 1877. The Peruvian...
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    The Battle of Huamachuco was fought on the 10 July 1883, and it was the last major battle of the War of the Pacific. The Chilean soldiers, led by Colonel...
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    Peruvian Navy (redirect from Navy of Peru)
    Callao harbour Battle of Angamos Battle of Iquique Battle of Pacocha Ironclad Huáscar Miguel Grau SIFOREX War of the Pacific List of Peruvian steam frigates...
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    1877 May 29 Battle of Pacocha – Indecisive battle between HMS Shah, HMS Amethyst and Huascar. Notable for seeing the first combat use of the torpedo....
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    The Battle of Miraflores occurred on January 15, 1881 in the Miraflores District of Lima, Peru. It was an important battle during the War of the Pacific...
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    HMS Amethyst (1873) (category Victorian-era corvettes of the United Kingdom)
    South American side of the South Atlantic. The ship was transferred to the Pacific Station in 1875 and fought in the Battle of Pacocha against the rebellious...
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    Nicolás de Piérola (category Ministers of economy and finance of Peru)
    followers of de Pierola. Led by the retired Navy Captain Germán Astete, it took part in the inconclusive Battle of Pacocha in which, at the helm of the monitor...
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    Luis Germán Astete (category Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Peru)
    commander of the National Regenerative Squadron. In that position, he faced the Royal Navy ships Shah and Amethyst in the Battle of Pacocha, on May 29...
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    The Battle of Pisagua ("Desembarco y combate de Pisagua"), was a landing operation of the War of the Pacific, fought on November 2, 1879, between Chile...
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  • Thumbnail for Battle of Chipana
    The Battle of Chipana took place on 12 April 1879, during the War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru. It was the first naval engagement between both...
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  • This is a list of wars involving Peru, from the 16th-century establishment of the Viceroyalty of Peru (also known as colonial Peru) through the 1821 establishment...
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  • Thumbnail for Battle of Iquique
    The Battle of Iquique was a naval engagement on 21 May 1879, during the War of the Pacific, where a Chilean corvette commanded by Arturo Prat Chacón faced...
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    Battle of Pacocha (May 6, 1877) Battle of Chipana (April 12, 1879) Battle of Iquique (May 21, 1879) Battle of Punta Gruesa (May 21, 1879) Battle of Angamos...
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    The Battle of San Juan, also known as the Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos, was the first of two battles in the Lima Campaign during the War of the Pacific...
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    The Battle of Topáter, or Battle of Calama, was fought on March 23, 1879, between Chile and Bolivia. It was the first battle of the War of the Pacific...
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    The Battle of Sángrar or Combat of Sangra was fought on June 26, 1881, in the Peruvian central Andes, during the Letelier expedition, the first of its...
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    George Edwin Patey (category Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George)
    midshipman aboard HMS Shah as part of the British Pacific Squadron under Admiral de Horsey during the Battle of Pacocha, an action in company with the corvette...
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    of the German fleet to be built with iron. Originally intended to serve abroad and with the fleet, British experiences during the Battle of Pacocha in...
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  • The Battle of Pucará (Spanish: Batalla de Pucará) was fought on February 5, 1882, during the Sierra Campaign of the War of the Pacific. With a two-to-one...
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  • Thumbnail for Battle of Tarapacá
    The Battle of Tarapacá occurred on 27 November 1879 during the Tarapacá Campaign of the War of the Pacific. Three Chilean columns of almost 3,900 soldiers...
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    Peruvian nitrate monopoly (category Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from November 2016)
    government of Prado.: 116  (which provoked the Battle of Pacocha on 29 May 1877 between the Peruvian ship Huáscar and the British ship HMS Shah.) See text of law...
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