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Miguel María Grau Seminario (27 July 1834 – 8 October 1879) was a Peruvian Navy officer and politician best known for his actions during the War of the Pacific.He was nicknamed "Gentleman of the Seas" for his kind and chivalrous treatment of defeated enemies and is held in high esteem by both Peruvians and Chileans.
The Monument to Miguel Grau Seminario (Spanish: Monumento a Miguel Grau Seminario) is a commemorative monument located in Plaza Grau, in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. The monument was declared as movable property part of the Cultural Heritage of the Nation. [1]
BAP Almirante Grau was a scout cruiser of the Peruvian Navy, the lead ship of its class. Along with its sister ship Coronel Bolognesi, Almirante Grau was one of Peru's two most powerful warships for the first half of the twentieth century. The ship was named for Miguel Grau Seminario, naval hero of the country.
After the naval battle of Iquique of 21 May, the Peruvian fleet lost the armored frigate Independencia to a wooden schooner, Covadonga.This obliged Rear Admiral Miguel Grau to renounce to attack and to adopt a harassing strategy, avoiding by all means a direct encounter with the bulk of the Chilean navy.
The Casa Grau Naval Museum (Spanish: Museo Naval Casa Grau) is a house museum located in the first floor of the house where Miguel Grau and his family lived for 12 years, at Jirón Huancavelica 170, part of the historic centre of Lima, Peru.
The flagship of the Peruvian Navy has traditionally borne the name BAP Almirante Grau, in honor of the Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau Seminario.. The first BAP Almirante Grau (1906) was a scout cruiser built in the United Kingdom; it was commissioned in 1907 and decommissioned in 1958
The Huáscar arrived in Pisagua at 9 pm on July 9 to reconnoiter the port, but the commander of the Huáscar, Captain Miguel Grau Seminario, decided not to waste time and the Huáscar left Pisagua at 10 pm without taking any information from the current status of Chilean ships in Iquique.
The Battle of Iquique was a naval engagement on 21 May 1879, during the War of the Pacific, where a Chilean corvette commanded by Arturo Prat Chacón faced a Peruvian ironclad under Miguel Grau Seminario.