Pizarro (brigantine)
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| Name | Pizarro |
| Namesake | Francisco Pizarro |
| Ordered | 1858 |
| Fate | Disappeared near Cape Horn March 1859 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Brigantine |
Pizarro was a brigantine in the service of the Chilean Ministry of the Interior between 1858 and 1859.[1]
Pizarro was built in Spain. While she was at Valparaíso, Chile, her original private owners thought she was in such a bad state that she would not be able to return to Europe. Therefore, they allowed her captain to sell her at a low price to the Chiliean Ministry of the Interior in 1858.[2]
The Ministry of the Interior used Pizarro to serve the needs of the nascent Chilean colony at the Strait of Magellan.[1] During her short service life she was commanded by Chilean Navy Captain Francisco Hudson.[1]
Pizarro disappeared sometime between March 7 and 9, 1859, while attempting to sail westwards around Cape Horn.[1] Pizarro′s companion ship Meteoro survived the storm and managed to pass Cape Horn and return to central Chile.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Pizarro, bergantín Archived 2014-05-08 at the Wayback Machine, Armada de Chile. Retrieved on 15 March 2013.
- ^ Sepúlveda Ortíz, Jorge (1998), "Francisco Hudson, un destacado marino poco conocido en nuestra historia" (PDF), Revista de Marina (in Spanish): 1–20
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