Chilean schooner Colo Colo

Artistical representation of the Colo Colo
History
Chile
NameColo Colo
NamesakeColo Colo
Commissioned1830
Decommissioned1841
Fateauctioned 1841
General characteristics
Displacement140
Crew80
Armament1gun 18 lb and 4 guns of 1 lb

At the end of the Chilean Civil War of 1829–1830 the government decided to buy the brigantine-schooner Flora to confront a new attack of insurgents. It was renamed Colo Colo.

It brought Claudio Gay to the Juan Fernández Islands and realized hydrographic survey at the coasts of Chile.

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