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The Texan brig Archer was a two-masted brig of the Second Texas Navy from 1842-1846. She was the sister ship of the Wharton . Transferred to the United States Navy in 1846, she was sold for $450.
The Texan brig Wharton was a two-masted brig of the Second Texas Navy from 1839 to 1846. She was the sister ship of the Archer.Accompanying the Texas flagship, Austin, she defeated a larger force of Mexican Navy steamships in the Naval Battle of Campeche in May 1843.
The Texas Navy, officially the Navy of the Republic of Texas, also known as the Second Texas Navy, was the naval warfare branch of the Texas Military Forces during the Republic of Texas. [1] It descended from the Texian Navy , which was established in November 1835 to fight for independence from Centralist Republic of Mexico in the Texas ...
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The Texas Historical Commission has documented the sites of dozens of such sunken ships in the Sabine and Neches rivers. When the water is low, Texas rivers reveal their tightly held secrets.
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Archer is the name of various ships: RSS Archer, a submarine of the Republic of Singapore, first ship in the Archer-class submarine; HMS Archer, various ships of the British Royal Navy named "Archer" HMAS Archer (P 86), an Attack-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy; CSS Archer, a Confederate States of America commerce raider
The Texas Navy was officially formed in January 1836, with the purchase of four schooners: Invincible, Brutus, Independence, and Liberty.These ships, under the command of Commodore Charles Hawkins, helped Texas win independence by preventing a Mexican blockade of the Texas coast, seizing Mexican ships carrying reinforcements and supplies to its army, and sending their cargoes to the Texas ...