Spanish frigate Esmeralda

Capture of the Esmeralda in Callao, by L, Colet, Club Naval, Valparaíso
History
Spain
Name	Esmeralda
Builder	Puerto Mahón, Baleares
Launched	1791
Captured	5 November 1820
Fate	Captured in Callao by the Chilean Navy
Chile
Name	Valdivia (15 November 1820)
Namesake	Capture of Valdivia
Commissioned	6 November 1820
Honours and awards	expedition to Acapulco after the Spanish frigate Prueba and Venganza
Fate	Beached at Valparaíso on 10 June 1825
General characteristics
Class and type	Frigate
Tons burthen	950 (bm)
Propulsion	sail
Armament	44 guns

Esmeralda was a 44-gun frigate built in Port Mahón, Balearic Islands in 1791 for the Spanish Navy.^[1] The First Chilean Navy Squadron, under the command of Thomas Cochrane, captured her on the night of 5 November 1820. She was renamed Valdivia in Chilean service. She was beached at Valparaíso in June 1825.