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Meteoro (brigantine)

History
Naval Jack of Mexico.svgMexico
Name: Meteoro
Builder: New Orleans, United States
Commissioned: 1848
Fate: Sold to Chile, 1850
Naval Jack of Chile.svgChile
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. During its service in the Chilean Navy the ship engaged in the suppression of the Mutiny of Cambiazo in the Straits of Magellan. 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.


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