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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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    corvette Esmeralda by the Peruvian ironclad Huáscar after four hours of combat, marking a victory for Peru. In 1879, the Bolivian government threatened...
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    of Iquique Battle of Pacocha Ironclad Huáscar Miguel Grau SIFOREX War of the Pacific List of Peruvian steam frigates "Marina de Guerra del Perú". Archived...
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    entirety of the Solomon Islands campaign without losing a single man in combat, and in turn served in several naval battles, which included helping to...
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    Pampa Germania San Francisco Tarapacá Tacna and Arica campaign Ilo and Pacocha Moquegua Mollendo Los Ángeles Locumba Buenavista Tacna Arica Tarata Lynch...
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    She was sold to Peru in July 1974. Renamed BAP Pacocha (SS-48), the submarine served in the Marina de Guerra Peruana (the Peruvian Navy) until 26 August...
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    According to How We Fight, by the US Naval War College, the ship never lost combat capability with her radars and Mark 13 missile launcher. However, according...
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    After being battered for almost three hours, the Huáscar, unable to sustain combat, was boarded and captured and the battle ended. The result was a complete...
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    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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    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. 1879...
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    was put into action. Santa Cruz landed his forces in Iquique, Arica and Pacocha and advanced on Upper Peru. The patriots initially won some victories....
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    In 1988, Abtao took part in the rescue of the crew of the submarine BAP Pacocha which had sunk after a collision with the fishing vessel Kiowa Maru. Angamos...
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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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    above the normal 1 bar. USS Tang (SS-306) USS Archerfish (SS-311) BAP Pacocha (SS-48) Lance, Rachel. "How to Escape From a Sunken Submarine". Wired –...
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  • of Peru. Fundación M. J. Bustamante de la Fuente. ISBN 9786124587238. "Marina de Guerra del Perú | LA MARINA DE GUERRA EN LA REPÚBLICA S. XIX". 2022-11-23...
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    the 243 ft (74.1 m) submarine took part in the rescue of the crew of BAP Pacocha, another submarine that had sunk following a collision. Abtao was taken...
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  • the Peruvian garrison at the town. After the Chilean landing in Ilo and Pacocha, the Chilean command ordered to take positions towards the interior of...
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    an attack on Sotomayor's army. At the beginning, Bolivian General Carlos de Villegas pressed the attack over a poorly defended battery right in the Chilean...
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  • Thumbnail for Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
    developing the plan for the Peruvian Navy salvage of the Peruvian submarine Pacocha. Stefanyshyn-Piper has received numerous honors and awards, such as the...
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    with the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for superb, sustained combat readiness.[citation needed] Yorktown conducted her third and fourth Mediterranean...
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    was not the Huáscar's target. 100 Chilean soldiers were killed in ground combat[citation needed] and according to a letter from General Arteaga to his son...
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    time they were dangerous on board the Huáscar, since they could explode in combat. Regularly, the Chilean ironclad Blanco Encalada was at Antofagasta, but...
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    sea and land, who finally captured the Morro de Arica (English: Cape Arica) after 55 minutes of combat. The defending Peruvian troops under the command...
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    ordered the remaining troops not to enter in combat, dissolving his forces and sending them home, avoiding the combat to reach the capital's streets. Nevertheless...
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    East, but also obtained the only mutually submerged submarine-to-submarine combat kill of World War II. This occurred when the crew of HMS Venturer engaged...
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  • Cochrane began to arrive. When it was 2,000 meters from the scene of the combat, the Huáscar headed north to avoid it. The pursuit of the Huáscar by the...
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    Corps by the Navy. In particular, the caduceus and bayonets symbolize the combat operation in which Petty Officer Caron, though grievously wounded, was killed...
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    midnight, but this time without the monitors. La Limeña is commissioned to Pacocha, where she arrives on the 19th, while the rest of the convoy arrives at...
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    off the retreat of the Bolivian forces, arrived in San Pedro de Atacama when the combat had already ended and the Bolivians had withdrawn. The string...
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    (Spanish) War report Guillermo More (Spanish) "Combate Naval de Punta Gruesa - 21 de mayo de 1879". armada.cl (in Spanish). Chilean Navy. 2015-04-01. Retrieved...
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