Name Meteoro Fate Sold to Chile, 1850 Type Brigantine Launched 1848 Builder United States of America | Commissioned 1848 Fate Scrapped 1861 Displacement 290 long tons (295 t) Weight 295 tons | |
Place built New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | ||
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 MartÃn 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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