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 ( EIC ) and launched in 1800 . She made six voyages to India 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 . From 1824 she was a training ship before she was broken up in 1828 . East India Company . " Windham " 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 to sail under a letter of marque , which gave her the right to take enemy vessels as prizes should the opportunity arise . 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 . She left Portsmouth on 31 March 1801 and reached Saint Helena on 10 June and Whampoa on 7 October . On her return leg she crossed the Second Bar on 21 January 1802 , reached Saint Helena on 12 April , and The Downs on 12 June . With the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars in mid - 1803 , Graham received a new letter of marque dated 2 July 1803 . This voyage took Windham to Madras and Bengal . She left The Downs on 11 February 1803 and reached Tincomallee on 16 June and Madras on 27 June . From these she sailed up and down the Indian coast , reaching Masulipatam on 7 August , Vizagapatam on 9 August , and Diamond Harbour on 21 August . Coming out of Calcutta she reached Kedgeree on 18 September and Madras on 16 October . She then returned to Diamond Harbour on 13 December . On the journey back to Britain she was back at Saugor on 5 January 1804 , Vizagapatam on 27 January and Madras on 21 February . " Windham " was at Saint Helena between 24 March and 28 June , and reached The Downs on 9 October . She received a third letter on 26 January 1805 that named John Stewart as her captain . Stewart sailed her on her third , fourth and fifth voyages . Her third voyage took " Windham " to Madras and China . She left Portsmouth on 8 March 1805 and reached Madras on 21 July . From there she reached Penang on 26 March , Malacca on 15 September , and Whampoa on 20 December . She crossed the Second Bar on 28 February 1806 , and again reached Penang on 26 March . From there she was at Saint Helena on 17 June and The Downs by 14 August . " Windham " s fourth voyage took her to Bengal and Benkulen . She left Portsmouth on 21 June 1807 and reached Diamond Harbour on 15 November and Kidderpore on 9 December . On her next leg she reached Saugor on 31 January and Benkulen on 28 March . Between 20 April and 17 June she was at Saint Helena , and she returned to The Downs on 14 August . It was on " Windham " s fifth voyage that the French captured her twice , and the British recaptured her twice . " Windham " left Portsmouth on 7 July 1809 for Bengal . She reached Madeira on 19 July . During the Mauritius campaign of 1809 – 1811 the French frigate " Vénus " captured her and two other Indiamen in the Action of 18 November 1809 . In the action the " Windham " had six men killed and 18 wounded . The British frigate under Captain Lucius Curtis recaptured her on 29 December . In February 1810 " Windham " was at the Cape of Good Hope . Stewart and her crew rejoined her , having arrived there in a cartel . " Windham " resumed her journey , only to fall afoul of the French frigate " Bellone " near Johanna Island at the Action of 3 July 1810 . recaptured " Windham " at the Battle of Grand Port on 21 August 1810 and sent her with a prize crew to Île Bourbon . There " Windham " received a new crew and captain , Joseph Lautour . She and another recaptured Indiaman , the " Ceylon " , arrived back in Britain in April 1811 . " Ceylon " brought with her a cargo from Île Bourbon and " Windham " one from Isle de France ( now Mauritius ) . There is some ambiguity about the " Windham " s whereabouts between her fifth and sixth voyages for the EIC . The summary vessel history in the National Archives suggests that " Windham " returned to Britain , arriving in The Downs on 8 August 1811 , but this is inconsistent with the news account of her arrival in February . It is highly likely that between 1811 and 1816 " Windham " was in the East Indies , initially serving the British government as a troop transport . There was a " " Windham " transport " at the British invasion of Java in August – September 1811 . The East India Company provided the services of several of their ships , led by the " Malabar " under Commodore John Hayes . These were the " Ariel " , " Aurora " , " Mornington " , " Nautilus " , " Psyche " , " Thetis " , and " Vestal " . This is in addition to the transport vessels . The " " Windham " transport " carried the 3rd volunteer battalion to Cheribon . Her captain for her sixth and last voyage for the EIC was Joseph Andrews . Because this voyage took place after the end of the Napoleonic Wars " Windham " did not have a letter of marque . She left the Downs on 21 April 1816 and reached Penang and then Malacca on 7 September . She reached Whampoa on 11 October . She left China , crossing the Second Bar on 10 January 1817 , reached St Helena on 18 March , and the Downs on 23 May . The EIC then sold her to one Joseph Andrews . , agent of the Chilean government in London , arranged the purchase of the ship . Chilean career . " Windham " arrived to Valparaíso on 5 March 1818 and the government paid $ 180 , 000 for the ship . She was refitted with 44 guns , renamed " Lautaro " , and given a crew of Chilean and foreign seamen . A month later she went to sea under the command of George O ' Brien , a former Royal Navy officer . On 26 – 27 April 1818 she fought against the " Esmeralda " and the brigantine " Pezuela " , and broke the blockade of Valparaíso . On 28 October she captured the Spanish frigate " Reina María Isabel " ( later " OHiggins " ( 1816 ) ) , the " Perla " , and the " San Miguel " . She participated in the Freedom Expedition of Perú and up to 1821 she was under Captain Paul Delano . She also participated in the blockade of Chiloé . On 23 October 1822 in Talcahuano the crew mutinied against Captain Charles Whiting Wooster . In 1824 " Lautaro " served the Chilean Navy as its " Academia Náutica " ( Naval Academy ) . Fate . On 27 September 1828 she couldn ' t be auctioned and was scrapped .