Elías Aguirre

Elías Aguirre Romero
Aguirre in 1860
Born(1843-10-01)1 October 1843
Chiclayo, Peru
Died8 October 1879(1879-10-08) (aged 36)
Litoral Department, Bolivia (now part of Chile)
OccupationCommander in the Peruvian Navy
Years active1860–1876 and 1879
AwardsSteel Cross of the Legion of Merit (posthumous)
National hero of Peru

Remigio Elías Aguirre Romero (Chiclayo, Peru; 1 October 1843 – Punta Angamos, Peru; 8 October 1879) was a Peruvian sailor and naval commander during the War of the Pacific. As second commander of the monitor Huáscar, he was killed in the Battle of Angamos.

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