Huáscar, Talcahuano

Name: Huáscar
Address: Base Naval s/n, Talcahuano, Chile

#2 among attractions in Talcahuano

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Huáscar is an ironclad turret ship built in Britain for Peru in the 1865. Her price was a bit more than £81,000. She was the flagship of the Peruvian Navy and participated in the Battle of Pacocha and the War of the Pacific of 1879–1883. The ship was captained by the posthumous Grand Admiral Miguel Grau Seminario, considered the greatest hero of the Peruvian nation, when he succumbed facing much superior forces and his ship was captured by the Chilean squad in the naval Battle of Angamos and commissioned into the Chilean Navy. Today she is one of the few surviving ships of her type. The ship has been restored and is a memorial ship anchored in Talcahuano, Chile. It is named after the 16th-century Inca emperor, Huáscar. It is the second oldest afloat armored in the world after HMS Warrior and the oldest monitor afloat. ()

Local name: Monitor Huáscar Coordinates: 36°42'19"S, 73°6'42"W

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Base Naval s/nTalcahuano Chile

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Huáscar – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Coliseo La Tortuga, Greater Concepción, Estadio CAP, Quiriquina Island.

1 miS
Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue, Sport
Coliseo La Tortuga, Talcahuano
27 min walk • Coliseo La Tortuga is an indoor sporting arena located in Talcahuano, Chile. The capacity of the arena is 10,000 spectators and it is used mostly for basketball.
6.1 miSE
Area
Greater Concepción, Concepción
156 min walk • Gran Concepción is the third largest conurbation in Chile, after Greater Santiago and Greater Valparaíso, with 945,650 inhabitants according to the 2012 pre census.
3.4 miS
Football, Sport venue, Sport
Estadio CAP, Talcahuano
87 min walk • Estadio Huachipato-CAP Acero, is a football stadium in Talcahuano, Chile. It is the home field of the Huachipato football team. Until 2012, Naval also played its home matches there until 2012. Opened in 2009, it replaced the old Estadio Las Higueras, which was demolished in 2008. The stadium capacity is 10,500 people.
6.2 miNE
Island
Quiriquina Island
157 min walk • Quiriquina Island, Chile is located at the entrance to the Bay of Concepción, 11 km north of Talcahuano. In April, 1557, Don Garcia de Mendoza, Spanish governor of the Captaincy General of Chile, arrived at Concepción with a large force of infantry and established himself upon Quiriquina.
5.5 miS
Sports club, Sport venue, Sport
Club Hípico de Concepción, Concepción
142 min walk • Club Hipico de Concepcion, also called the Mediocamino, is a Thoroughbred race track in Hualpen near Concepcion in the Bio-Bio Region of Chile. It features a right-handed nine-furlong dirt track. Currently, no major races are run at the Mediocamino.
3 miS
Neighbourhood
Huachipato, Talcahuano
78 min walk • Huachipato is census district and neighbourhood in Talcahuano Commune, part of the conurbation of Greater Concepción in the Biobío Region of southern Chile. It is the industrialized part of the commune supporting a steel mill and oil refinery.
5.3 miSE
36°46'34"S • 73°4'25"W
Casino Marina del Sol, Talcahuano
136 min walk • Bars and clubs, Gambling, Nightlife