Spanish frigate Esmeralda
Chilean forces capturing Esmeralda in Callao | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Spain | |
| Name | Esmeralda |
| Builder | Puerto Mahón, Baleares |
| Launched | 1791 |
| Captured | 5 November 1820 |
| Fate | Captured in Callao by the Chilean Navy |
| Chile | |
| Name | Valdivia (15 November 1820) |
| Namesake | Capture of Valdivia |
| Commissioned | 6 November 1820 |
| Honours & awards | expedition to Acapulco after the Spanish frigate Prueba and Venganza |
| Fate | Beached at Valparaíso on 10 June 1825 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Frigate |
| Tons burthen | 950 (bm) |
| Propulsion | sail |
| Armament | 40 guns |
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Esmeralda was a 40-gun frigate of the Spanish Navy. Built in Mahón, Menorca and launched in 1791, the First Chilean Navy Squadron, under the command of Thomas Cochrane, captured her on the night of 5 November 1820. She was renamed Valdivia in Chilean service. She was beached at Valparaíso in June 1825.