José María Sánchez Lagomarsino (27 March 1844 – 19 March 1898) was a captain of the

Peruvian Navy The Peruvian Navy ( es, link=no, Marina de Guerra del Perú, abbreviated MGP) is the branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces tasked with surveillance, patrol and defense on lakes, rivers and the Pacific Ocean up to from the Peruvian littoral. Addit ...

, who fought during the War of the Pacific. Lagomarsino was the commander of the Peruvian monitor '' Manco Cápac'' and he is mostly known for his defence of Arica during the

Blockade of Arica A blockade is the act of actively preventing a country or region from receiving or sending out food, supplies, weapons, or communications, and sometimes people, by military force. A blockade differs from an embargo or sanction, which are l ...

which included a victory in the

Naval Battle of Arica The Naval Battle of Arica ( es, Combate naval de Arica) was a naval battle which took place on 27 February 1880 during the Blockade of Arica as part of the War of the Pacific. Background The blockade of Arica was conducted by the Chilean navy' ...

against the Chilean ironclad Huáscar. Arica would fall during the Battle of Arica which lead to Lagomarsino scuttling ''Manco Cápac'' to avoid it falling into Chilean hands.

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1844 births 1898 deaths Peruvian Navy officers Peruvian Navy personnel of the War of the Pacific {{navy-stub