When the Chileans lifted the blockade of Callao, four privateer ships sallied to earn that bounty.
The more heavily built Chilean ships inflicted heavy casualties on the privateers and captured the Arequipeño.
As a reward, Simpson was promoted to the rank of Commodore in the Chilean navy in May 1839.
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