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    Callao Naval Base (Spanish: Base Naval del Callao) is the main naval base of the Peruvian Navy. Located north of the main port of Callao, it is also a...
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    The Port of Callao (Spanish: Puerto del Callao), officially the Callao Port Terminal (Spanish: Terminal Portuario del Callao), is a maritime port on the...
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    Stand"), stands on the promontory overlooking the harbor. A large naval base is sited in Callao. Its prison held Abimael Guzmán, the leader of the Shining Path...
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    in Callao, Peru under the leadership of the Submarine Command of the Peruvian Navy, headquartered at the Base Naval del Callao (Callao Naval Base). Globalsecurity...
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  • squadrons and the Naval Aviation School (Escuela de Aviación Naval). The squadrons are distributed among three bases: Lima-Callao, which is part of Lima's...
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    The Battle of Callao (Spanish: Combate del Dos de Mayo, as it is known in South America) occurred on May 2, 1866, between a Spanish fleet under the command...
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    Band Callao Naval Base Port of Callao (in Spanish) Escuela Naval del Perú - Admisión. Retrieved on February 23, 2008. (in Spanish) Escuela Naval del Perú...
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    telephone at the Centro de Reclusión de Máxima Seguridad (CEREC) at the Callao Naval Base to organize projects and campaign support for Keiko Fujimori in the...
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    President Ramón Castilla, the State Factory in the city of Callao was established. Then named Naval Factory, this facility would become a leading establishment...
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    by SIMA (Servicio Industrial de la Marina, Navy Industrial Service) at Callao, with the ships commissioning in 1984 and 1987. Of the Peruvian Lupos, BAP Carvajal...
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    the rebel side in the Peruvian civil war of 1856–58; she was renamed BAP Callao on 22 April 1858, and took part in the blockade of the Ecuadorian port of...
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    deployment in Australia and began its return to base. After stopping in Papeete, French Polynesia and Callao, Peru it arrived back to Ferrol in August. The...
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    Naval Base) Naval Action Force – Admiral of Naval Action (ALNAV) (at the La Graña Naval Station, Ferrol) Naval Action Group 1 (at the La Graña Naval Station...
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    strained by economic problems centering on the rivalry between their ports of Callao and Valparaíso. For the North-Peruvian landowners also, the Confederacy...
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    expeditions to Antarctica. On May 3, 2017, the Carrasco arrived to its base in Callao port and was assigned to serve on Hydrography and Navigation Agency...
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    the Dutch naval base of Den Helder. Renamed Aguirre, in honor of the Peruvian Commander Elías Aguirre, it arrived to its new homeport of Callao on May 17...
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  • Commandos Group (Agrupación de Comandos Anfibios) Riverine Naval Area Command (Comando del Área Naval Fluvial) 3rd Marine Infantry Battalion [es] "Admiral Eleazar...
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    off Callao and Arica. The navy was split into two parts, under the control of Admiral Galvarino Riveros Cárdenas, and planned to blockade Callao and Arica...
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  • Segunda División. Editions from 1912 to 1921 were played by clubs based in Lima and Callao. In 1922 the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) was created and...
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    Maritime museum (redirect from Naval museum)
    Barra, Uruguay Naval Museum of Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay Naval Museum of Peru, Callao, Peru List of maritime museums in the United States List of museum...
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    time were exiled in Chile. The rivalry that existed between the ports of Callao and Valparaíso worsened as a result of the establishment of the Confederation...
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    Manuel Quimper Benítez del Pino (c. 1757 – April 2, 1844) was a Spanish Peruvian explorer, cartographer, naval officer, and colonial official. He participated...
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    America under the command of Rosendo Porlier, who was to replace the naval chief of Callao Antonio Vacaro. Two poorly provisioned ships of the line San Telmo...
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    together. The Second Naval Division set sail from Callao on 7 April 1879 and faced the Chilean gunboat Magallanes in the Naval Combat of Chipana on 12...
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    The first siege of Callao was a prolonged military blockade of the Real Felipe Fortress (as well as other fortresses) in Callao by the Liberating Expedition...
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    Real Felipe Fortress (category Buildings and structures in Callao Region)
    «San Rafael». This system came to be known as «Los Castillos del Callao» (The castles of Callao). In 1806, viceroy José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa ordered...
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    since Callao was heading north, transporting troops and supplies for the Peruvian Army that was in the northern Theater of Operations. With its base in Puerto...
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    Peruvian port of Callao's powerful artillery was impregnable for the Chilean navy and a secure haven for the Peruvian navy. In Callao, an English company...
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    Chilean naval commander Juan Williams Rebolledo planned to sail north with his fleet to engage the Peruvian Navy at Callao and achieve naval dominance...
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    San Lorenzo Island (Peru) (category Landforms of Callao Region)
    largest island of Peru. The island is in the Pacific Ocean near the port of Callao and measures 16.5 square kilometres (6.4 sq mi). San Lorenzo Island was...
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