 Hand-coloured lithograph of the Mexican 2-gun paddlewheel frigate 'Guadalupe' under steam and sail in a stiff breeze, with vessels to her right and left. Her deck is lined with figures front and aft. One of her two 68-pounder Pivot Guns is visible in her stern.
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| History | |
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| Namesake | Guadalupe |
| Builder | Jonathan Laird of Birkenhead, England |
| Completed | 1842 |
| Acquired | 1842 |
| Commissioned | 1842 |
| Decommissioned | 1847 |
| Maiden voyage | 1842 |
| In service | 1842 |
| Out of service | sold to the Spanish Navy at Cuba in August 1847 |
| Renamed | León |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 878 |
| Length | 187 ft (57 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Height | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Installed power | 180 h.p. |
| Propulsion | wind and steam |
| Speed | 9 knots |
| Armament | Gun deck 2 British 24-pounders and 2 British 68-pounder shell guns |
The Mexican Navy paddle frigate Guadalupe was the flagship of the Mexican Navy from 1842 to 1847. She participated in the Naval Battle of Campeche in 1843. She was one of the first iron-hulled (hull that was made of wood lined with an iron sheet) warships ever built and one of the first to see action in a naval battle.