Esmeralda (ship)

Esmeralda may refer to one of several ships in Spanish Navy history:

• Frigate Esmeralda, launched in Cartagena in 1753.
• Frigate Esmeralda, launched in Cartagena in 1773.
• Esmeralda, launched in Mahón in 1791, was a sail frigate captured by Chile in 1820.

Esmeralda may refer to one of several ships in Chilean Navy history:

• Esmeralda, a sail frigate captured from Spain in 1820 during the War of Independence.
• Esmeralda, launched in 1855, was a wooden steam corvette sunk during the War of the Pacific.
• Cruiser Esmeralda, launched in 1883.
• Cruiser Esmeralda, launched in 1895.
• Esmeralda, launched in 1944, was a River-class frigate originally in the service of the Canadian Navy as HMCS Glace Bay.
• Training ship Esmeralda (BE-43), launched in 1953, is a steel-hulled four-masted barquentine tall ship in the Chilean Navy, notorious for its role as prison during the Pinochet regime, still in service.

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