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San Martín

San Martín

Survived

Argentine Confederation navy, then French Navy

TypeSloop
WarAnglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata

Service

to 1845San Martín
from 1845San Martín

Seized off Montevideo with the rest of the Argentine squadron

Brig of Admiral William Brown's Argentine squadron, seized off Montevideo by the allies in August 1845. Captain Tréhouart commanded the French ships at Obligado from her.

Career

August 1845

Taken into French service

Joined the French Navy

2 August 1845 · Seized off Montevideo with the rest of the Argentine squadron

20 November 1845

Tréhouart's flagship; badly cut up while anchored near the chain