Hillyar transferred Porter and other prisoners to Essex Junior for their return to the United States. He then turned toward diplomacy between Chilean and Peruvian interests because Britain preferred political stability that kept trade moving. Dixon received the victory news after it crossed the Andes and used the official arrival as the moment to confirm a settlement between royalist and patriot forces in the Chilean War of Independence. British frigates remained in the South Pacific to protect whaling and commerce after Phoebe sailed home. The sequence shows a station commander treating battle, prisoner exchange, diplomacy, and trade protection as connected parts of the same mission.
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Hillyar turns from battle to regional diplomacy
After sending prisoners home, Hillyar and Dixon used British naval influence to support regional settlements that would stabilize Chilean and Peruvian trade.