Battle of Chipana

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War of the Pacific

Chilean corvette Magallanes
Date April 12, 1879
Location near Huanillos, Bolivia
(present day Chile)
Result Indecisive
Combatants
Chile Peru
Commanders
Juan Jose Latorre Aurelio Garcia
Strength
1 corvette 1 corvette, 1 gunboat
Casualties
none none
War of the Pacific
Topáter - Chipana - Iquique - Angamos - Pisagua - San Francisco - Tarapacá - Tacna - Arica - San Juan - Miraflores - Callao - La Concepción - Huamachuco - San Pablo

The Naval Battle of Chipana took place on 12 April 1879 during the War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru. This is one of the combats of the Sea Campaign. 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.

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