Chilean brigantine Águila (1796)
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Águila was the first naval vessel of the Chilean Navy.[1] She was later renamed Pueyrredón.
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Brigantine Águila | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Eagle |
Operator | Smuggler |
Launched | 1796 |
Fate | Confiscated by Spain |
Spain | |
Name | Águila |
Captured | 26 February 1817 |
Fate | Captured or handed over to Chile |
Chile | |
Name | Águila |
Commissioned | 26 February 1817 |
Renamed | Pueyrredón 14 July 1818 |
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Fate | Sunk in Ancón District 1828 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 220 |
Sail plan | Brigantine |
Armament | 16 guns |
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