Captain Paul Delano born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts

Fairhaven, Massachusetts

Fairhaven is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is located on the south coast of Massachusetts where the Acushnet River flows into Buzzards Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean...

, was a sea captain and a member of the prominent American Delano family

Delano family

The progenitor of the Delano family in the Americas was Philippe de Lannoy whose family name was anglicized to Delano. The 19-year-old Pilgrim of Flemish descent arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts on November 9, 1621 on the second Pilgrim ship, Fortune...

. He moved to Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

 as Captain of the Curiacio

Chilean corvette Independencia (1818)

Independencia was a corvette of 851 tons and 26-gun built 1818 in the Forman Cheeseman Shipyard of New York under the name Curatio for the Chilean revolutionary government....

where he arrived in June 22, 1819 and became an important part of that country's First Chilean Navy Squadron

First Chilean Navy Squadron

The First Chilean Navy Squadron was the naval force that terminated Spanish colonial rule on the south-west coast of America and protagonaized the most important naval actions in the Latin American wars of independence...

. He came with his two sons, Paul H., and William.

Paul Delano was commisioned as a captain and commanded sixteen troop transports of the Freedom Expedition of Perú and later he commanded the Lautaro

Chilean ship Lautaro (1818)

The Lautaro was initially the British East Indiaman Windham of 850 tons built in Perry, Wells & Green shipyards for the East India Company and launched 1800. She made seven voyages to the India and China for the HEIC. In 1809-10, the French captured her twice, and the British recaptured her twice...

.

He became 1822 Captain of the port of Valparaíso

Valparaíso

Valparaíso is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation and one of the country's most important seaports and an increasing cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere. The city is the capital of the Valparaíso Province and the Valparaíso Region...

 where he directed the building of the first wharf

Wharf

A wharf or quay is a structure on the shore of a harbor where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.Such a structure includes one or more berths , and may also include piers, warehouses, or other facilities necessary for handling the ships.A wharf commonly comprises a fixed...

 and the first lighthouse

Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....

 of the port in 1837.

His son, Paul H. Delano became Admiral's Cochrane personal aide and, fourteen years old, he was given command of one of the board parties during the capture of the Esmeralda (1791)

Esmeralda (1791)

The Spanish Esmeralda was a 44 gun frigate built in Port Mahón, Balearic Islands in 1791. The First Chilean Navy Squadron under the command of Thomas Cochrane captured her in the night from 5 to 6 November 1820. She was renamed Valdivia in Chilean service...

whithin the port of Callao

Callao

Callao is the largest and most important port in Peru. The city is coterminous with the Constitutional Province of Callao, the only province of the Callao Region. Callao is located west of Lima, the country's capital, and is part of the Lima Metropolitan Area, a large metropolis that holds almost...

 on November 5, 1820.

See also

• First Chilean Navy Squadron
  First Chilean Navy Squadron
  The First Chilean Navy Squadron was the naval force that terminated Spanish colonial rule on the south-west coast of America and protagonaized the most important naval actions in the Latin American wars of independence...
  
  
• Chilean frigate Independencia (1818)
  Chilean frigate Independencia (1818)
  The Independencia was a frigate with 31 guns and 830 tons originally named Curacio and was launched from the Forman Cheeseman Shipyards of New York in July 1818....
  
  
• Freedom Expedition of Perú

External links

• http://www.delanoye.org/