Talk:Battle of Iquique

Info updated
I translated the most important facts from the spanish version, and added some relevant info on the background of the ship Captains. However, my wiki skills are not too good so the article might need re-formatting. --Korosuke 05:59, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The article is heavily Chilean-sided, its almost a translation of the Chilean navy website entry about the battle, it needs a total rework based in the battle reports of both sides and, above all, avoiding the glorification of one-or-another side of the combatants. I'll start in this as soon as posible, any help would be very valued. Greetings.--Cloudaoc (talk) 04:33, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Needs a serious reworking of grammar as well.Coradon (talk) 01:58, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

 * Ensured that the article is: within project scope, tagged for task forces, and assessed for class.


 * This article would benefit from: expansion and in-text citations. --Rosiestep (talk) 22:27, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Factual Accuracy Disputed Tag
Which are the disputed facts? Unfortunately, there are Wikipedia articles being tagged as Disputed or POV without any explanation on talk page. Please help the article readers to understand what could be wrong with the article and state facts and sources taht may help them to draw their own conclusion. Otherwise, the tag is not only useless, but also harmful, since it casts suspicion also on the information that is undisputed. 189.61.196.134 (talk) 03:20, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Death of Prat
I don't know how to source information, so I won't edit this page, but the info regarding Prat's death is absolute garbage. For one, it was only one sailor who jumped with Prat to board the Huascar, a man named Aldea. But more important, Pratt was killed by a volley of bullets, NOT by an axe (ridiculous). Furthermore, in the actual Arturo Prat page this is stated unequivocally, it even shows a painting of a very heroic looking Prat being felled. This does not eliminate ONE IOTA of Prat's remarkable bravery and heroism, but I think it's ridiculous that the Battle of Iquique page and the Arturo Prat page have different accounts of his death. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.126.140.227 (talk) 10:42, 22 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Hello, I just wanted to point out that this article states that Prat's belongings were given to his PIMP after his death. Unless "pimp" has some other meaning I'm unfamiliar with, I assume this is either an attempt as misplaced humor by someone, or a mistake. I just thought I should point that out. (And I apologize if my comment here is badly formatted or anything I have very little experience with wiki editing.) 98.226.126.55 (talk) 14:25, 21 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Francisco Lena's Statement, Portuguese aboard the Huascar, published in "Bulletin of the Pacific War" says Portal is the name of sailor that killed Prat.
 * The brave commander of the Esmeralda died like a hero on the cover of this ship, at a time when he undertook a bold approach. I made a supreme effort to save him, but unfortunately it was too late. His death soured me the little victory he had achieved and (I) spend a day very distressed. Letter of Admiral Grau to his sister-in-law Mercedes. (remember, Prat and Grau fought side-by-side against Spain in the battle of Abtao)
 * You also have the testimonies of the crew of the Esmeralda who survived, but I think it most important is the vision of the crew of Huascar. There are many more sources, you can find, some, in the Spanish version of Wikipedia--LoboGuardian (talk) 03:57, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Decisiveness
I think this Peruvian victory is not a decisive one in any way, because by sinking an old vessel like the Esmeralda, this naval encounter did not crippled the power of the Chilean Navy in any way. Even more, after this battle a strong sense of patriotism and commitment with the war effort began to spread among the Chilean population, which was rather indiferent by that time.

Guradi (talk) 00:47, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Strayed Cannon?
Both this article and the one on the Battle of Tacna make reference to "strayed cannon" - does anyone know what these are? Is this a typo? I cannot find any listing on Wikipedia or the web that mentions this type of cannon. I am guessing it is a typo of a particular type of cannon (it is mentioned along with Whitworth cannon, among others.) DavisGL (talk) 15:45, 21 May 2009 (UTC)