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HCMF Mahonesa (1789)

Page history last edited by ManuBlasco 13 years, 12 months ago

Mahonesa, 34

Santa Monica


Details
Nationality Spanish
Ordered    
Started    
Named    
Launched 1789-oct-02 b79
Shipyard Mahon  
Plans J M Retamosa b2
Plans Romero Landa b84
Constructor H Bouyon b84
Decks 1  
Rate 5th Rates  
Class Mahonesa b79
System Retamosa b79
System Landa b84
Crew 265-283 b2
In Service 1789-oct-02 b79
Out Service 1796-oct-13 b79
Fate Captured
Next Mahonesa 1798

 

Dimensions
Units (meters) Length Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Displacement Source
Burgos ft. 159' (45.69) 129'11" (37.33) 42'6" (12.21)         b84
British ft. 145'1" (44.23) 118'6" (36.13) 39'4" (11.99)     974 29/94   b84
Burgos ft. 152'3"6'" 113'6"6'" 39'8"6'" 12'3" 18'5" 593.16   s1

 

Armament
Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs Fires (Kg.) Source
34 1789 26 12 8 6 - - 376 (184) s1
34 1792 26 12 8 6 376 (184) b79

 

 

Commanders

1789-oct-02 1789-mm-00  Frigate Captain D. Antonio Albarracin y Quexo  
1789-mm-00 1790-mm-00 Frigate Captain D. Vicente de Heceta   
1790-mm-00   Frigate Captain D. Antonio García del Postigo   
    Frigate Captain D. José Ussel de Guimbarba   
    Frigate Captain D. José Torres y Campo   
    Frigate Captain D. Bruno Álvarez   
    Frigate Captain D. Félix O’Neille   
  1796-oct-13 Frigate Captain D. Tomás de Ayalde   

 

Service Record

1789-mm-00 Left Mahon to Cartagena with Sta Florentina (34) to finish recruitment & fitting. s1
1790-mm-00 Transported troops between Barcelona & Majorca.  
1796-oct-00 Left Cartagena to Cadiz. b84
1796-oct-13 Captured after action vs. Terpsichore (32) at the strait of Gibraltar, nearby Cape Gata. Towed to Gibraltar. b79,84

 

Actions & Battles

 

 

Notes

1 

There is a picture of Mark R. Myers and an engraving of T. Whitecombe of the combat between the Terpsichore & the Mahonesa.

Sources

b84 J.M. de Juan-Garcia Aguado, "Jose Romero Fdez. de Landa, un Ingeniero de Marina en el s. XVIII".
s1 AGMAB "Estados de fuerza y vida" 2235/23

 

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