 Brig Wharton
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| History | |
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 Republic of Texas | |
| Namesake | John Austin Wharton |
| Builder | Schott and Whitney, Baltimore |
| Launched | 1839 |
| Commissioned | October 18, 1839 |
| Decommissioned | May 11, 1846 |
| Renamed | Originally called the Colorado |
| Homeport | Galveston, Texas |
| Fate | Transferred to the United States Navy and then sold |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Brig |
| Displacement | 405 tons |
| Tons burthen | 419 tons |
| Length | 112 ft (34 m) |
| Beam | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Propulsion | wind |
| Speed | variable |
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The Texan brig Wharton was a two-masted brig of the Second Texas Navy from 1839 to 1846. She was the sister ship of the Archer. Accompanying the Texas flagship, Austin, she defeated a larger force of Mexican Navy steamships in the Naval Battle of Campeche in May 1843. Transferred to the United States Navy in 1846, she was sold for $55.