PERU fishing with guts to report…
A March 17, 1880, the corvette Union ship of the Navy of Peru “survived” the Battle of Angamos, achieved a double feat against the Chilean fleet: break the blockade the port of Arica in less than eight hours.
At such times the Peruvian city of Arica faced a naval blockade by the Cochrane armored frigate Amazon and Matias Cousino transport, and Huascar monitor, at that time under Chilean flag.
The corvette Union had sailed on March 12, 1880 of Callao along with the steam Talisman carrying supplies to the Peruvian troops south of the country preparing for the Chilean invasion.
The Peruvian Commander of the Union, Manuel Antonio Villavicencio, loaded the ship with 37 drawers with shoes, white canvas 39 bales, 1 drawer with 190 thick buttons, 5 drawers with 2 full machine guns, 100 drawers with 100 thousand rounds for rifles Remington
The Union in memory of Peruvians
“He entered Arica with the lights off, recklessly browsing stuck to the coast and sorprendiento not only opponents but also advocates port.
Unloading could conclude without difficulty. Chilean vessel was then placed in a position to do almost impossible out of the Union to the sea. The head of the Cochrane Juan José Latorre called commanders Huascar and Amazon to try “on the best way to take placement at night (as shown on your part) for a definitive result regarding intentantar wing Union”.
At the same time, after five in the afternoon, the sloop ran off its moorings and set sail at full strength no northbound as they believed their adversaries but southbound “amidst the lively and enthusiastic cheers of the crowd that crowned the Morro and other nearby places near which needed to go to leave the port, as expressed in his official Commander Villavicencio. The Chilean ships gave chase to leave at nightfall.” (Jorge Basadre, “History of the Republic of Peru”).
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The corvette Union was a ship built in 1865, with wooden hull protected with iron and copper. 2066.66 moved ty had 10 lined guns muzzleloader Voruz 70 lb as main armament on drums, 6 per band. It also had 2 guns Armstrong 70 lb bow and 2 Parrott guns 30 lb.Su propulsion system was also mixed with a propeller, being able to reach a top speed of 13 km.
SOURCE: Diariocorreo.pe
