Chilean ship Chacabuco

Last updated September 24, 2021

Several ships of the Chilean Navy have been named Chacabuco after the Battle of Chacabuco:

Chilean corvette Chacabuco (1818) a corvette launched in 1815 as the Avon in the United States she was purchased by Chilean privateers in 1818 and renamed Coquimbo but was acquired by the Chilean government and renamed Chacabuco. She was sold to Argentina in 1826.
Chilean corvette Chacabuco (1866) a corvette launched in 1866 and scrapped in 1890.
Chilean cruiser Chacabuco (1898) a cruiser constructed as a private venture by her builders she was launched in 1898 under the name Fourth of July before being acquired by Chile in 1902 and renamed. She was struck in 1959.
Chilean cruiser Chacabuco (1982) a cruiser launched in 1937 as USS Nashville she was acquired by Chile in 1951 and renamed Capitán Prat. In 1982 she was renamed Chacabuco and was scrapped in 1985
Chilean landing ship Chacabuco (LST-95) a BATRAL-class landing ship commissioned in 1986

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Chacabuco was a 20-gun corvette of 450 tons built in 1815 in Boston, USA. She came to Coquimbo as Avon where investors in Copiapó, Chile, purchased her to use her as privateer vessel under the name Coquimbo. But as the businessmen drew back, the Chilean government bought the ship on 20 June 1818 for $36,000. She was renamed Chacabuco and commissioned to the Navy under the command of Captain Francisco Díaz.

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