Chilean brigantine Aquiles (1825)
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For other ships with the same name, see Chilean ship Aquiles.
Aquiles was a brigantine, originally Spanish, that later served in the Chilean Navy. Sunk off Valparaíso on 24 July 1839.
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Peruviana under the Flag of Chile after her capture by the Aquiles | |
History | |
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Spain | |
Name | Aquiles |
Fate | Mutiny in Guam, handed over to Chile in 1825 |
Chile | |
Name | Aquiles |
Namesake | Achilles |
Commissioned | 1825 |
Honours and awards | Capture of 3 Peruvian ships in Callao |
Fate | Sunk off Valparaíso 1839 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 405 |
Armament | 20 × 12-pounder guns |
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