Chilean corvette Independencia (1818)
Independencia was a 26-gun corvette of the First Chilean Navy Squadron.
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Curacio |
| Owner | Paul Delano |
| Builder | Forman Cheeseman, New York |
| Cost | USD$157,000 |
| Launched | July 1818 |
| In service | 9 September 1818 |
| Fate | Transferred to Chile |
| Chile | |
| Name | Independencia |
| Commissioned | September 1819 |
| Out of service | 1 April 1826 |
| Honours and awards | Freedom Expedition of Perú, Expedition to California (capture of Spanish San Francisco Javier, definitive capture of Chiloé) |
| Fate | Sold to Argentina for $40,000 |
| Argentina | |
| Name | Montevideo |
| Cost | $ 40,000 |
| Commissioned | 1 April 1826 |
| Fate | Sunk in Talcahuano, refloated and sold to Peru |
| Peru | |
| Name | Independencia |
| Cost | $ 40,000 |
| Fate | Sunk in Callao |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Corvette |
| Tons burthen | 850 tons bm |
| Length | 130–138 ft (40–42 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft 4 in (11.38 m) |
| Draft | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Crew | 200-256 |
| Armament | 26 guns |
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