Heroína (ship)
The Heroína (Spanish for "heroine") was a privately owned frigate that was operated as a privateer under a license issued by the United Provinces of the River Plate (later Argentina). It was under the command of American-born Colonel David Jewett and has become linked with the Argentine claim to sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.
Frigate Heroina in Puerto Soledad - 6 November 1820. Painting by Emilio Biggeri. Source: Museo Naval de la Nación, Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| History | |
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| Argentina | |
| Name | Heroína |
| Owner | Patricio (Patrick) Lynch |
| Acquired | 1819 |
| Captured | 20 March 1822 |
| Fate | Scrapped in Lisbon following capture |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 475 tons |
| Length | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Beam | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Draught | 3.15 m (10.3 ft) |
| Propulsion | sail |
| Complement | 190-200 (42 Marines) |
| Armament | 30 × 18-pounder |
| Notes | Originally the French merchant frigate Braque, purchased in Buenos Aires in 1819 following the delivery of a cargo of timber. |
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