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San Martín

San Martín

Wrecked

Chilean Navy

TypeShip of the line
Guns60 guns
WarChilean War of Independence

Former East Indiaman Cumberland, bought in London in 1818 and the biggest ship in the Chilean navy. Blanco Encalada's flagship at Talcahuano; she sailed with Cochrane to Callao and carried troops to Peru in 1820. Wrecked at Chorrillos, south of Callao, in 1821.

Career

28 October 1818

Blanco Encalada