Spanish frigate Esmeralda
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For other ships with the same name, see Esmeralda (disambiguation).
Esmeralda was a 44-gun frigate built in Port Mahón, Balearic Islands in 1791 for the Spanish Navy.[1] The First Chilean Navy Squadron, under the command of Thomas Cochrane, captured her on the night of 5 November 1820. She was renamed Valdivia in Chilean service. She was beached at Valparaíso in June 1825.
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Capture of the Esmeralda in Callao, by L, Colet, Club Naval, Valparaíso | |
History | |
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Spain | |
Name | Esmeralda |
Builder | Puerto Mahón, Baleares |
Launched | 1791 |
Captured | 5 November 1820 |
Fate | Captured in Callao by the Chilean Navy |
Chile | |
Name | Valdivia (15 November 1820) |
Namesake | Capture of Valdivia |
Commissioned | 6 November 1820 |
Honours and awards | expedition to Acapulco after the Spanish frigate Prueba and Venganza |
Fate | Beached at Valparaíso on 10 June 1825 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Frigate |
Tons burthen | 950 (bm) |
Propulsion | sail |
Armament | 44 guns |
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