At 10:55 hrs "Huáscar"'s flag chain was caught (a second time) by the intense gunfire. The Chilean warships, noticing that the "Huáscar" was decreasing speed, mustered their boarding parties. At 11:08 hrs, 14 to 20 sailors boarded the "Huáscar", without resistance. They closed the main condensator water leaks (with 1.2 meters of water in the engine room) and extinguished several fires while the prisoners were transported to the Chilean vessels. Acting commander Pedro Garezon pointed out to the Chilean officers that the flag was on deck together with the chain because they had all been cut off by the enemy shots, thus the flag was never brought down, nor had the ship been surrendered by the Peruvians. One of the Chilean officers observed that something similar happened to the Chilean ship "Magallanes".