Battle of Iquique

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battle naval battle

The Battle of Iquique was a pivotal 1879 naval engagement of the War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru, remembered especially for Chilean captain Arturo Prat’s heroic but fatal stand aboard the corvette Esmeralda.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Iquique canonical	10
Chilean Navy in the War of the Pacific	1
Combate Naval de Iquique	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Iquique ⓘ surface form: Combate Naval de Iquique
belligerent	Chile ⓘ Peru ⓘ
causeContext	dispute over nitrate-rich territories in the Atacama Desert ⓘ
combatant	Chilean Navy ⓘ Peruvian Navy ⓘ
commander	Arturo Prat Chacón ⓘ surface form: Arturo Prat Miguel Grau ⓘ
commanderForChile	Arturo Prat Chacón ⓘ surface form: Arturo Prat
commanderForPeru	Miguel Grau ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Navy Day in Chile ⓘ
commemorationDateInChile	May 21 ⓘ
conflict	War of the Pacific ⓘ
countryOfHeroicFigure	Chile ⓘ
countryWhosePortWasIquiqueAtTheTime	Peru ⓘ
date	1879-05-21 ⓘ
front	maritime front of the War of the Pacific ⓘ
heroicFigure	Arturo Prat Chacón ⓘ surface form: Arturo Prat
historicalPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ
killedPerson	Arturo Prat Chacón ⓘ surface form: Arturo Prat
laterTerritorialStatusOfIquique	annexed by Chile after War of the Pacific ⓘ
legacy	central episode in Chilean naval tradition ⓘ subject of numerous Chilean monuments and memorials ⓘ
location	Pacific Ocean ⓘ near Iquique, then Peruvian territory ⓘ off the port of Iquique ⓘ
notableEvent	Captain Arturo Prat Chacón ⓘ surface form: Arturo Prat boarded Huáscar and was killed in action
outcomeForEsmeralda	sunk ⓘ
outcomeForHuáscar	survived ⓘ
partOf	War of the Pacific ⓘ
precededBy	Chilean blockade of Iquique ⓘ
primaryEngagementBetween	Esmeralda and Huáscar ⓘ
result	Peruvian victory ⓘ
shipInvolved	Chilean corvette Esmeralda ⓘ Peruvian ironclad Huáscar ⓘ surface form: Peruvian armored frigate Independencia Peruvian ironclad Huáscar ⓘ
significance	boosted Chilean national morale despite defeat ⓘ elevated Arturo Prat as a Chilean national hero ⓘ important early naval action of the War of the Pacific ⓘ
strategicObjectiveForChile	maintain blockade of Iquique ⓘ
strategicObjectiveForPeru	break Chilean blockade of Iquique ⓘ
tacticUsed	ramming of Esmeralda by Huáscar ⓘ
theater	naval theater of the War of the Pacific ⓘ
year	1879 ⓘ

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Subject: Battle of Iquique
Description of subject: The Battle of Iquique was a pivotal 1879 naval engagement of the War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru, remembered especially for Chilean captain Arturo Prat’s heroic but fatal stand aboard the corvette Esmeralda.

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arturo Prat Chacón → participantIn → Battle of Iquique ⓘ

Prat → notableFor → Battle of Iquique ⓘ

subject surface form: Arturo Prat Chacón

War of the Pacific → notableBattle → Battle of Iquique ⓘ

Chilean corvette Esmeralda → battle → Battle of Iquique ⓘ

Chilean corvette Esmeralda → service → Battle of Iquique ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chilean Navy in the War of the Pacific

Battle of Iquique → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Iquique ⓘ

this entity surface form: Combate Naval de Iquique

Monument to the Heroes of Iquique → commemorates → Battle of Iquique ⓘ

Monument to the Heroes of Iquique → significantEvent → Battle of Iquique ⓘ

Corvette Esmeralda → battle → Battle of Iquique ⓘ

Blanca Estela Prat Carvajal → associatedWith → Battle of Iquique ⓘ

Carmela Carvajal Briones → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Iquique ⓘ

Carmela Carvajal Briones → spouseDiedIn → Battle of Iquique ⓘ