Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao

Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao
	Part of the War of the Pacific
Date	January 16, 1881
Location	El Callao, Peru
Result	Sinking of the whole Peruvian Navy
Belligerents
Peru	Chile
Commanders and leaders
Germán Astete	Manuel Baquedano
Units involved
	Peruvian Navy
Casualties and losses
The whole fleet scuttled	None

The scuttling of the Peruvian fleet took place at the port of El Callao in January 1881. As Chilean troops entered Lima and El Callao, the Peruvian naval officer Germán Astete ordered the whole Peruvian fleet to be scuttled to prevent capture by Chile. The ships scuttled included:

Name	Type	Fate
Atahualpa	Monitor	Salvaged 1881
República	Torpedo boat
Rímac	Ship transport	Salvaged June 1881
Talismán	Ship transport
Toro Submarino	Submarine

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