Chilean ship Lautaro (1818)
The Lautaro (right) fought against the Esmeralda (left) off Valparaíso in 1818
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| Name: | Windham |
| Owner: | Sir Robert Wigram, later Joseph Andrews |
| Operator: | East India Company |
| Route: | England-India |
| Builder: | Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Shipyard |
| Yard number: | 110 |
| Launched: | 3 November 1800 |
| Fate: | sold to Chile 1818 |
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| Name: | Lautaro |
| Namesake: | Mapuche military commander Lautaro |
| Cost: | 180,000 pesos |
| Acquired: | 5 April 1818 |
| Commissioned: | April 1818 |
| Out of service: | 27 September 1828 |
| Honours and awards: |
Capture of Reina María Isabel, Perla and San Miguel |
| Fate: | sold as pontoon in Valparaíso, scrapped 1829 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | East Indiaman |
| Tons burthen: | 820, or 82347⁄94 or 878> (bm) |
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| Beam: | 36 ft 1 1⁄4 in (11.0 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 14 ft 9 1⁄2 in (4.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | sail |
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Lautaro was initially the British East Indiaman Windham, built by Perry, Wells & Green at the Blackwall Shipyard for the East India Company (EIC) and launched in 1800. She made six voyages to India and China for the EIC. In 1809-10, the French captured her twice, but the British also recaptured her twice. The Chilean Navy bought her in 1818 and she then served in the Chilean Navy, taking part in several actions during the liberation wars in Chile and Peru. From 1824 she was a training ship until she was sold in 1828.
Windham (sometimes listed as Wyndham) performed six voyages for the EIC between 31 March 1801 and 25 June 1817, sailing to India from England, and back. Because she sailed during wartime, her owners arranged for to sail under a letter of marque, which gave her the right to take enemy vessels as prizes should the opportunity arise.
Her first letter of marque was dated 14 January 1801 and gave the name of her captain as Thomas Grantham.Windham's first voyage was to China. She left Portsmouth on 31 March 1801 and reached Saint Helena on 10 June and Whampoa on 7 October. On her return leg she crossed the Second Bar on 21 January 1802, reached Saint Helena on 12 April, and The Downs on 12 June.
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