Meteoro (brigantine)

History
Mexico
Name: Meteoro
Builder: New Orleans, United States
Commissioned: 1848
Fate: Sold to Chile, 1850
Chile
Fate: Scrapped 1861
General characteristics
Type: Brigantine
Displacement: 290 long tons (295 t)
Armament:
  • 8 × 24 lbs canons
  • 2 × 9 lbs canons

Meteoro was brigantine of the Chilean Navy originally built in New Orleans for the Mexican Navy prior to the Mexican-American War.[1] During its service in the Chilean Navy the ship engaged in the suppression of the Mutiny of Cambiazo in the Straits of Magellan.[1] In 1859 Meteoro, commanded by Martín Aguayo, almost sunk at during a storm in Cape Horn while its companion ship Pizarro commanded by Francisco Hudson was lost.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Meteoro, bergantín (1º), Armada de Chile. Retrieved on 15 March 2013.
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