Battle of Chipana

Battle of Chipana
Battle of Chipana
Part of War of the Pacific
Magallanes1.jpg
Chilean corvette Magallanes
Date April 12, 1879
Location near Huanillos, Bolivia
(present day Chile)
Result Indecisive, Chileans completed only part of their mission.
Belligerents
 Chile  Peru
Commanders and leaders
Chile Juan Jose Latorre Peru Aurelio Garcia
Strength
1 corvette 1 corvette
1 gunboat
v · War of the Pacific

Naval Campaign
Chipana - Iquique - Punta Gruesa - 1st Antofagasta - 2nd Antofagasta - Rímac - Angamos - Pilcomayo - 1st Arica - 2nd Arica - Callao

Land Campaign
Topáter - San Francisco - Tarapacá - Los Ángeles - Tacna - Arica - Chorrillos - Miraflores - Lima - San Pablo - Pachia - La Concepción - Huamachuco

The Battle of Chipana took place on April 12, 1879, during the War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru. It was the first naval engagement between both navies and it took place in front of Huanillos, off the (then) Bolivian coast, as the Peruvian corvette Unión and gunboat Pilcomayo found the Chilean corvette Magallanes on its way to Iquique. After a two-hour running artillery duel, Unión suffered engine problems, the pursuit was called off and Magallanes escaped with minor damage. The Magallanes was able to complete part of its mission of delivering commissioned papers to Iquique, but unable to complete its reconnaissance mission of finding if there were any guano ships still making commerce in the zone.


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