Luis Anacleto Castillo Goñi

Luis Anacleto Castillo Goñi (1844-1928) was a Chilean vice admiral who was a participant of the War of the Pacific. During the war, he was a commander of the Blanco Encalada, participating in numerous battles throughout the Naval campaign of the War of the Pacific and going on to serve an extensive military career after the war.

Early life At the age of 14, in 1858, he entered the at Valparaíso. The members of this course, made up of 26 cadets plus 2 supernumeraries, graduated on November 15, 1861, as midshipmen. Later it was named the "Course of Heroes", since among them were the greatest heroes of the Chilean Navy such as Arturo Prat, Juan José Latorre, Carlos Condell and others. During his first years in the Chilean Navy, he participated in various hydrographic commissions in the southern region of Chile. In 1862, he was aboard the steamer Maule on the Biobío River, in 1867 on the steamer Ancud, and in 1870 on the schooner Virgen de Covadonga. In 1864, he was sent to the United Kingdom to inspect the construction of the O'Higgins and Chacabuco corvettes and in 1872, he was sent again to supervise the construction in England of the Blanco Encalada and Almirante Cochrane ironclads. On March 28, 1902, he was appointed director of the Naval School for the second time, a post he held until March 22, 1907, due to his retirement. He died in 1928.