Naval Battle of Arica

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Naval Battle of Arica
Part of Blockade of Arica of the War of the Pacific
The Peruvian monitor "Manco Capac" against the Chilean ships "Huascar" and "Magallanes".
Date Friday, 27 February 1880 Location Arica, Peru (now Chile) Result Peruvian victory
Belligerents
Chile	Peru
Commanders and leaders
Manuel Thomson † Carlos Condell	Camilo Carrillo José Lagomarsino
Strength
1 Monitor Huáscar 1 Gunboat Magallanes	1 Monitor Manco Cápac Arica land defences 5 batteries with 13 guns of different calibers
Casualties and losses
9 killed 18 wounded	3 killed 4 wounded 5 civilians killed

The Naval Battle of Arica (Spanish: Combate naval de Arica) was a naval battle which took place on 27 February 1880 during the Blockade of Arica as part of the War of the Pacific.^[1]