Huascar, in full Inti Cusi Huallpa Huáscar (“Sun of Joy”) (died 1532). Huascar was killed by his men near Cajamarca. His father Huayna Capac may have intended Huascar to be the Inca, and his brother Atahualpa to be the governor of the Quito province. But Huayna Capac and his initial heir died prematurely without naming a successor, and was probably an early victim of smallpox. Without a clear line of succession a war soon broke out between Huascar and his brother Atahualpa. Atahualpa won the war, and was on his way back to Cuzco when he ran into Francisco Pizarro. It is believed by some that Atahuallpa ordered Huascar's killing before Pizarro could see him, so that Pizarro could not divide the empire against itself.
The Huascar was launched on October 7, 1865 and her construction was completed by December of the same year.
The Huascar was part of the National Squadron until 1897, when she was decommissioned in Talcahuano because of a smoke explosion in one of the boilers.
The Huascar is open to the general public in the following hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 09.30 to 12.30 in the morning and 13.30 to 19.30.
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