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Navy Day in Peru

Navy Day in Peru is held on October 8. This event in the first decade of the month October is annual. Help us Help us 
8 October - Navy Day in Peru
The Peruvian Navy is the branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces in charge of maritime, river and lake defense. Peru In Peru, Navy Day is a holiday celebrated on October 8 in commemoration of the Angamos Naval Battle of 1879 and the anniversary of the creation of the Peruvian Navy. The battle was the culminating point of a naval campaign that lasted about five months in which the Chilean Navy had the sole mission of eliminating its Peruvian counterpart. In the struggle, two armored frigates, led by Commodore Galvarino Riveros Cárdenas and Navy Captain Juan José Latorre battered and later captured the Peruvian monitor Huáscar, under Rear Admiral Miguel Grau Seminario.

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