Chilean ship Lautaro (1818)
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Lautaro was initially the British East Indiaman Windham, built by Perry, Wells & Green at the Blackwall Shipyard for the East India Company (EIC) and launched in 1800. She made seven voyages to India, Ceylon, and China for the EIC. In 1809–10, the French captured her twice, but the British also recaptured her twice. The Chilean Navy bought her in 1818 and she then served in the Chilean Navy, taking part in several actions during the liberation wars in Chile and Peru. From 1824 she was a training ship until she was sold in 1828.
East India Company
Windham (sometimes listed as Wyndham) performed six voyages for the EIC between 31 March 1801 and 25 June 1817, sailing to India from England, and back. Because she sailed during wartime, her owners arranged for her to sail under a letter of marque, which gave her the right to take enemy vessels as prizes should the opportunity arise.
On 8 October 1798, the EIC accepted a tender by William Wilson of Windham of 820 tons (bm) for six voyages. The rate was £19 19s per ton if she carried kintledge, £20 19s without kintledge, and £9 14s 6d per surplus ton.
First voyage (1801-02)
Her first letter of marque was dated 14 January 1801 and gave the name of her captain as Thomas Grantham. Windham's first voyage was to China.
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