''Chacabuco'' was a 20-gun

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of 450 tons built in 1815 in

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, USA. She came to

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as ''Avon'' where investors in

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, purchased her to use her as privateer vessel under the name ''Coquimbo''.William L. Neumann, ''United States Aid to the Chilean Wars of Independence'', The Hispanic American Historical Review, Volume 27, 1947, pp. 204-219 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. In October 1818 she participated with the

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under the command of

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in the campaign to deter the Spanish convoy of the frigate ''María Isabel''. She was not involved in the capture of the frigate in

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, but on 18 November she captured the Spanish transporters ''Jerezana'', ''Carlota'' and ''Rosalía'' of the convoy. On 24 March 1819, during the second blockade of

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she captured the Spanish sloop ''Moctezuma''. In 1826 she set sail with ''Galvarino'', ''Aquiles'', and ''Lautaro'' from

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under the command of Manuel Blanco Encalada in order to capture the last Spanish enclave in South America, Chiloé, commanded by

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Fate

''Chacabuco'' was sold to

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on 1 April 1826, together with ''O'Higgins'' and . Out of the three she was the only one to reach

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. (''O'Higgins'' sank while rounding

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; ''Independencia'' sank in

but was refloated and sold to

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Fate

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