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saw an unmanned boat loaded with fresh fruit and produce being carried by the currents. When they tried to lift the boat it exploded as the Peruvians had rigged it as a floating mine.
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naval action and incorporated into the Chilean Navy. After being assigned to exploration missions, she was later assigned to the Chilean squadron that participated in the
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that was also fitted with steam propulsion. She was launched on 28 November 1859, and her construction cost a total of 5 million
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on 4 December 1865, under her original name. During this war, she also participated at the
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Adamson, Robert E. & de St. Hubert, Christian (1991). "Question 12/89".
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On 13 September 1880, while enforcing a blockade in the port of Chancay,
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by Royal Command on 8 October 1858. Her first commander was Lieutenant
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served as an auxiliary ship to the Spanish fleet. The Chilean
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when the latter collided with a submerged rock, the
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Battle of Papudo
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Chincha Islands War
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War of the Pacific
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Spanish-South American War (1863-1866)
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Pacific War (1879-1883)
Battle of Punta Gruesa
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