Texas Navy
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The Texas Navy was the official navy of the Republic of Texas.
During the Texas Revolution, government officials in Washington-on-the-Brazos decided to establish an official navy. In January 1836, agents purchased four schooners: Invincible, Brutus, Independence, and Liberty. They helped 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 on the Texas volunteer army.
By the middle of 1837, all of the ships had been lost at sea, run aground, captured, or sold, and replacements were being procured.
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