Texan schooner Independence

History
Republic of Texas
Name	Independence
Builder	Webb and Allen, New York
Cost	$1,710
Laid down	1830
Launched	1832
Acquired	10 January 1836
Commissioned	10 January 1836
Decommissioned	27 August 1837
Renamed	10 January 1836 Had been the United States Revenue cutter Ingham
Homeport	Galveston, Texas
Captured	17 April 1837
Fate	Surrendered to the Mexican Navy renamed La Independencia
General characteristics
Class and type	Schooner
Displacement	125 tons
Length	89 ft (27 m)
Propulsion	wind
Speed	variable
Complement	40
Armament	6-6 pndrs 1 long 9-pounder

The Texan schooner Independence was one of the four schooners of the First Texas Navy (1836–1838). At the direction of Texas Governor Henry Smith, in 1836 Charles Hawkins took command of United States revenue cutter Ingham acquired by the Texas Navy and renamed Independence.

After the Texas victory at the Battle of San Jacinto in April, 1836, Independence carried the Texas President and his captive, General Santa Anna, to Velasco, where the Treaty of Velasco was negotiated and signed.

While being refitted in New Orleans in early 1837, her skipper died and a new captain was appointed. When next she sailed in April 1837, Independence was attacked and surrendered to a superior Mexican force and her officers and passengers were imprisoned. The ship was later commissioned in the Mexican Navy where she served against her former masters.