Spanish frigate Esmeralda
Esmeralda was a 44-gun frigate built in Port Mahón, Balearic Islands in 1791 for the Spanish Navy. 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.
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 |
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