Montezuma (1804 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Montezuma (ship).

History
United States
NameMontezuma
OwnerSnowden & North
BuilderPhiladelphia
Launched1804
FateSeized and condemned c.1807
United Kingdom
NameMontezuma
Owner
  • 1807:A. Snowden[1]
  • 1811:Snowden & Ben Rotch[2]
Acquiredc.1807 by purchase of a seizure
CapturedApril 1813
SpainSpain
NameMoctezuma
FateCaptured by the Chilean Navy on 24 March 1819
Chilean EnsignChile
NameMoctezuma
Commissioned24 March 1819
FateGiven as gift to José de San Martín in 1822
Perú
NameMoctezuma
FateCaptured by mistake by Thomas Cochrane in 1822
Chilean EnsignChile
NameMoctezuma
Commissioned1822
FateSold as merchant ship in 1828
General characteristics
Tons burthen270,[3] or 293,[2] or 300[1] (bm)
Complement1813:20 (at capture)[3]
Armament1813:2 guns (at capture)[3]

Montezuma was launched in Philadelphia in 1804. She came into British hands c.1807 after having been seized for attempting to evade the British East India Company's monopoly on British trade with India. She then initially traded with Charleston until 1811 when she went whaling in the Galápagos Islands. There the Americans captured her in 1813. Her captors sailed her to Valparaiso where the Spanish colonial government seized her.

Montezuma became Moctezuma and served as a sloop of the First Chilean Navy Squadron. The Chilean Navy sold her in 1828 and she returned to mercantile service.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference LR1807 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ a b c Naval War... (2002), p.731.