Paquete de Maule

Paquete de Maule
History
Chile
Name	Paquete de Maule
Builder	Lawrence & Foulks (NY)
Completed	1861
In service	1861
Out of service	1866
Captured	6 March 1866
Fate	Captured by Spanish Navy during the Chincha Islands War
Spain
Commissioned	6 March 1866
Fate	Scuttled after the Battle of Callao during the Chincha Islands War, 2 May 1866
General characteristics
Type	Sidewheel steamer
Tons burthen	407 tons
Length	165 ft (50 m)
Beam	29 ft (8.8 m)
Draft	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	2 × 32 in (81 cm) vertical beam steam engines; 2 × flue boilers in hold, no blowers
Sail plan	Brig
Armament	Chile: None Spain:2 cannons

Paquete de Maule (also spelled Paquette de Maule and Paquete del Maule) was a small merchant sidewheel steamer built in the United States in 1861 for operation along the Chilean coast. Converted into a gunboat for service during the Chincha Islands War, she was captured by Spain and scuttled shortly thereafter.

Construction and design

Paquete de Maule, a 400-ton sidewheel steamer, was built by

During the Chincha Islands War, the Paquete del Maule served as an auxiliary ship to the Chilean fleet and she was not armed. On March 6, 1866, while en route from Lota to Montevideo with a crew of 126 men destined to complete the crews of the ironclads Huáscar and Independencia, she was captured by the Spanish frigates Blanca and Numancia at the Gulf of Arauco.^[2]

On 10 May 1866, after the

• Chincha Islands War
• Battle of Callao

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