 Schooner San Antonio, San Jacinto's sister ship
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| History | |
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 Republic of Texas | |
| Namesake | San Jacinto River |
| Builder | Schott and Whitney, Baltimore |
| Launched | 1836 |
| Commissioned | 27 June 1839 |
| Decommissioned | 31 October 1840 |
| Renamed | Originally called the Viper |
| Homeport | Galveston, Texas |
| Fate | Wrecked in a storm at the Cayos Arcas in 1840 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Schooner |
| Displacement | 170 tons |
| Length | 66 feet |
| Beam | 21.5 |
| Draught | 8 ft. |
| Propulsion | wind |
| Speed | variable |
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The Texan schooner San Jacinto was a two-masted schooner of the Second Texas Navy from 1839 to 1840. She was the sister ship of the San Antonio and the San Bernard. In 1840, San Jacinto was part of the Texas Navy flotilla led by Commodore Edwin Ward Moore which was dispatched to assist Yucatecan rebels that had taken up arms against Mexico. In a storm, San Jacinto ran aground at Cayos Arcas and was wrecked. The crew were rescued by the flagship Austin.