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The ship was 950 tons burthen frigate designed by engineer Bouyón [2] in the Balearic Islands. After the defeat in the Battle of Chacabuco the Spanish government ordered Esmeralda to sail from Cádiz on 6 May 1817 under the command of Captain Luis Goic with a convoy that included the ships Reina de los Ángeles, San José, San Juan, Castilla, Tagle, and Primorosa Mariana.
The Capture of the frigate Esmeralda was a naval operation conducted on the night of 5 to 6 November 1820. A division of boats with sailors and marines of the First Chilean Navy Squadron, commanded by Thomas Cochrane, stealthily advanced towards Callao and captured the ship through a boarding attack.
Cochrane arrived in Valparaiso in December 1818, became a Chilean citizen of unrecognized state, was appointed vice admiral, and took command with pay and allowances of £1200 [6]: 38 a year. O'Higgins founded the first Squadron of Chile on November 20, 1817.
The Edificio de la Comandancia en Jefe de la Armada de Chile, [1] also known as Edificio de la Intendencia de Valparaíso, because it was a purpose-built Intendencia, [2] is a building designed in an eclectic style with Renaissance Revival architecture elements, [2] which rises 5 floors in height and covers 8,000 square metres (86,000 sq ft). [3]
The club had its own orchestras and academic choir (singakademie) which would perform works composed by local musicians. [5] During World War I, the German Club of Valparaiso welcomed Admiral Maximilian von Spee's East Asia Squadron of the Imperial German Navy after they fought the Battle of Coronel off the Chilean coast. [6]
The American minister to Chile, General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick and the U.S. naval commander John Rodgers, who was at port commanding a United States Navy squadron composed of the ironclad monitor USS Monadnock and the warships Powhatan, Tuscarora, and Vanderbilt, attempted a last-minute settlement with the Spanish admiral.
The Naval Battle of Papudo was a naval engagement fought between Spanish and Chilean forces on November 26, 1865, during the Chincha Islands War. It was fought 55 miles (48 nmi; 89 km) north of Valparaiso , Chile , near the coastal town of Papudo.
Battle of Valparaíso [2]. The Battle of Valparaíso, also called the Capture of USS Essex, was a naval action fought during the War of 1812.It took place off Valparaíso, Chile on March 28, 1814, between the frigate USS Essex and the sloop USS Essex Junior of the United States Navy and the frigate HMS Phoebe and sloop HMS Cherub of the Royal Navy.