Texan Schooner Invincible - Purchase and Commissioning of The Invincible

Purchase and Commissioning of The Invincible

Originally built to be a slave trader in a Baltimore shipyard, Invincible was purchased by Texas special agents Thomas F. McKinney and Samuel May Williams in early 1836. After she was refitted in New Orleans, she was sold to the provisional government of Texas at a handsome profit to McKinney and Williams. Invincible was purchased because the rebellious Texan government was disturbed by the appearance of Mexican navy raiders along the gulf coast. Captain Jeremiah Brown was given command of the Invincible on March 12, 1836 in Galveston.