The Invincible found herself aground under the fire of cannons from a Mexican Man of War during poor weather outside of Galveston Harbor, which she had failed to enter. She was never able to get free and the one remaining war ship of the Independent Republic of Texas's Navy, The Brutus, ran aground trying to come to her rescue. This chain of events was to be the last time that the Republic of Texas was to have a navy until 1839.
Ship Name: Invincible
Ship Type: Schooner
Built: 1835
Tonnage: 100
Sank: 1837
Location Sank: Galveston, Texas
Sources:
http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/articles/texasnavy/texasnavy.htm
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/texas-navy
https://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/Museum/Exhibits/Special_Exhibit/Texas_Navy/
The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jan., 1909), pp. 165-203
https://texasnavy.org/Resources/Documents/Historical/Ships/The_Invincible.pdf
http://www.stxmaps.com/go/the-montezuma-aka-moctezuma-shipwreck.html
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/texas-declares-independence
https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2020/03/the-republic-of-yucatan/
http://webbheritage.org/local-history/the-republic-of-the-rio-grande/
https://www.texasnavy.com/Resources/Documents/Historical/Ships/The_Brutus_and_The_Invincible.pdf
https://www.texasnavy.com/Resources/Documents/Historical/Articles/The_Brutus_and_The_Invincible_Arrive_in_Galveston_Aug25,1837.pdf
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