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 | Burned and scuttled 10 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) cylinder, 8 ft (2.4 m) stroke vertical beam steam engines; 2 × flue boilers in hold, no blowers |
| Sail plan | Brig |
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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.