Originally mounted on a slide carriage on deck of the Chilean gunboat Magallanes.(1) It was the first Chilean naval gun that fired during the War of the Pacific (2) in the Battle of Chipana on 12 April 1879 on the Peruvian ships Unión (3) and Pilcomayo.(4) In the night of 10 July she fired on the Peruvian ironclad Huascar and was also active in the Battle of Antofafasta on 28 August 1879. Despite the Magallanes served after the Chilean Civil War of 1891 as survey vessel the gun stayed on board until 1903. In 1906 she was sold to a merchant shipowner and wrecked in 1907.
Notes
1. Ordered by Law of 4 March 1872, launched by Raenhill&Co., London, England on 28 July 1873 and commissioned on 28 December 1874. Screw steam corvette.
2. Between Chile and the Bolivia-Peruvian alliance 14 February 1879-20 October 1883 (peace signed with Peru)-1884 (armistice with Bolivia).
3. Screw steam corvette, ordered by the Confederate States of America on 6 June 1863, contract name Shanghai but was to become Georgia, bought by Peru in November 1864, laid down by Chantiers Dubigeon, Nantes, France in December 1864, launched on 26 January 1865, completed in June 1865and stranded, partially burned and machinery destroyed scuttled after the Blockade of Callao to prevent capture by Chile on 16 January 1881.
4. Gunboat. Laid down by Money Wigram and Sons, Blackwall, England in 1873, launched in 1874, commissioned in 1874, captured by the Chilean ironclad Blanco Encalada at the Tocopilla on 14 November 1879, became a survey vessel and training ship for midshipmen and converted into a pontoon in Talcahuano in 1909.
5. Ironclad turret ship. Ordered by the Peruvian government on 4 August 1864, launched by Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, England on 7 October 1865, commissioned on 8 November 1866, captured by Chile at the Battle of Angamos on 8 October 1879, modernized in 1885 and 1887, decommissioned in 1897, submarine tender between 1917-1930, reinstated in 1934 and now museum ship.
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