For other ships with the same name, see Esmeralda (disambiguation).
Capture of the Esmeralda in Callao, by L, Colet, Club Naval, Valparaíso
History
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
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.
^Gerardo Etcheverry, Principales naves de guerra a vela hispanoamericanas, retrieved 10. Januar 2011
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