''Aquiles'' was a brigantine, originally Spanish, that later served in the Chilean Navy. It was driven ashore and wrecked at

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, Peru on 24 July 1839.

Spanish career

''Aquiles'' was a Spanish brigantine of unknown builder that sailed on 13 January 1824 from Cadiz and arrived to

on 12 September 1824 to support the Spanish troops in America. After the defeat of the

Battle of Ayacucho The Battle of Ayacucho ( es, Batalla de Ayacucho, ) was a decisive military encounter during the Peruvian War of Independence. This battle secured the independence of Peru and ensured independence for the rest of South America. In Peru it is co ...

, the ''Asia'', ''Aquiles'', brigantine ''Constante'' and the merchant ship ''Clarington'' sailed on 2 January 1825 from Quilca to

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in the

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. On 10 March 1825 the crew of the ship ''Asia'' mutinied in

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, captured the Brigantine ''Constante'', burnt the frigate ''Clarington'', sailed to

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and handed both ships to the new Mexican authorities. On 14 March 1825 the crew of ''Aquiles'' mutinied as well, and under the command of Capitán de Fragata Pedro Angulo Novoa sailed to

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where they arrived on 29 April. On 23 June 1825 the ''Aquiles'' arrived to Valparaíso and the ship was handed over to the authorities.

Chilean career

After the termination of the

First Chilean Navy Squadron The First Chilean Navy Squadron was the heterogeneous naval force that terminated Spanish colonial rule in the Pacific and protagonized the most important naval actions of in the Latin American wars of independence. The Chilean revolutionary gover ...

by a decree of

Ramón Freire Ramón Freire Serrano (; November 29, 1787 – December 9, 1851) was a Chilean political figure. He was head of state on several occasions, and enjoyed a numerous following until the War of the Confederation. Ramón Freire was one of the pr ...

on 2 April 1826, ''Aquiles'' was for a long time the only ship of the Chilean Navy. 1828, under the command of Captain Charles Whiting Wooster she sailed for

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in search of pirates. During the

Chilean Civil War of 1829–1830 The Chilean Civil War of 1829–1830 ( es, Guerra Civil de 1829–1830) was a civil war in Chile fought between conservative Pelucones and liberal Pipiolos forces over the constitutional regime in force. This conflict ended with the defeat of ...

she was captured by insurgents and fought with , under command of Captain Bingham, surrendered and was handed over to the Chilean government. Under the command of captain

Robert Winthrop Simpson Roberto Simpson Winthrop (14 December 1799 – 23 December 1877), was a sailor of British origin, nationalized Chilean, who made a career in the Chilean Navy from 1818 and reached the rank of rear-admiral in 1852. Distinguished himself du ...

, she began the tradition of charting and bathymetric surveys of the Chilean coast with the first hydrographic survey around 40°S that culminated with the Naval Hydrographic Institute in 1875.

War of the Confederation

On 21 August 1836 ''Aquiles'' captured the Peruvian ships ''Santa Cruz'', ''Arequipeño'' and ''Peruviana'' in Callao. On 30 October the Chilean ships ''Aquiles'', , frigate ''Valparaíso'', frigate ''Monteagudo'' and brigantine ''Orbegoso'' under the command of Mariano Egaña arrived to Callao to negotiate the Chilean conditions for a peace with the Confederation, but he failed and on 28 December 1836 Chile declared war on the confederation. On 5 February 1837 she fought against the Peruvian schooner ''Yanacocha'' off the San Lorenzo Island. She was driven ashore and wrecked at

, Peru on 24 July 1839.

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* Eduardo Angulo Budge
Apuntes biográficos del Capitán de Fragata don Pedro Angulo Novoa. 1803-1859
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aquiles (1824) First Chilean Navy Squadron 1824 ships Brigantines of the Chilean Navy Maritime incidents in July 1839

Spanish career

Chilean career

War of the Confederation

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