He was born in Piura, North the Peru, 27 July 1834. His parents were Manuel Grau y María Luisa Seminario. From very young age worked in the Merchant Navy and in 1853 entered to the Marina in Guerra. Four year later he participated in the rebellion of Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco against the Liberal Constitution of Ramón Castilla. To be defeated, Miguel Grau returned to work in the Merchant Navy. The Navy returned in 1863. During the war against Spain, he participated in the battle of Abtao (1866-2-7) where peruano-chilenos allies were winners. In 1867 he married Dolores Cavero Lima young with whom he had ten children. In 1868, he received the command of the ship Huáscar which highlighted defending President-elect Manuel Pardo in 1872 and defeating the rebel Piérola Nicolás in 1874. In 1876 he was elected Congressman for Paita. At the outbreak of the war with Chile in 1879, it became the maximum head of the Peruvian squad. On May 21, 1879, in the combat of Iquique, his ship Huascar managed to sink the Chilean ship Esmeralda. Unfortunately, that same day our shielded independence collided and sank when it was chasing the Covadonga. Under the command of the Miguel Grau Huáscar managed to keep at Bay the powerful Chilean squad which made vain efforts to sink it or capture it for five months. But on October 8, 1879 occurred the battle of Angamos, where a powerful fleet enemy encircled the Huáscar that resisted the most that could.
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