| Rupture of the Blockade of Arica | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Naval campaign of the War of the Pacific | |||||||
 The Corvette Unión forcing its way through the blockade | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
 Peru |
 Chile | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Manuel Villavicencio José Lagomarsino |
 Juan José Latorre Carlos Condell | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2 ironclads, 1 transport | 2 corvettes, 5 land batteries with 13 guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 killed, 8 wounded | 9 killed, 18 wounded | ||||||
The Rupture of the Blockade of Arica was a naval battle of the War of the Pacific during the Blockade of Arica. The rupture was carried out by Manuel Villavicencio who commanded the BAP Unión of the Peruvian Navy. The Unión broke the Chilean blockade of the port twice in less than 8 hours on March 17, 1880.