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HCMS America (1766)

Page history last edited by ManuBlasco 14 years ago

America (2nd), 60/70

Santiago Apostol

Santiago La America

Details 
Nationality Spanish
Ordered    
Started    
Named    
Launched 1766  
Shipyard La Habana  
Plans Jorge Juan  
Constructor    
Decks 2  
Rate 4th Rates  
Class    
System British  
Crew 776  
In Service 1766 b18,w2
Out Service 1823 b18,w2
Fate Broke up b18,w2

 

Dimensions  
Units Lenght Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Source
Burgos ft. 180'4" 156'8" 50' - - 1,178 Tn. w2
Meters 51.82 45.02 14.37 - - 1,789 m3  (w2) 
Codos 86'20" 73'14" 23'7" - - -  s1 
Meters 49.90 42.29 13.63 - - -  (s1) 

 

         Armament     
Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs Broadside (lbs/kg) Source
60 1766 26 24 28 18 6 8 -  -  -  -  -  -  588 (288) b18
64 1769 26 24 28 18 10 8 -  -  -  -  -  -  604 (296) s1 
72 1805 26 24 28 18 4 8 6 30o 4 24o 4 4o 726 (356) w2

 

 

Commanders

1767 yyyy Captain D. Manuel Antonio Flores.  
1769 yyyy Captain D. Antonio de Gregorio  s1
1769 yyyy Captain D. Jose Adorno  s1
1772 yyyy Captain D. Juan Ignacio Ponce de Leon y Castannos.  
1775 1776 Captain D. Juan Garcia de Postigo.  
1776 yyyy Commodore D. Antonio Osorno y Herrera.  
1792 1792 Captain D. Jose Adorno.  
1793 yyyy Captain D. Jose Jordan y Maltes.  
1805 yyyy Captain D. Juan Darrac.  

 

Service Record

1767-may-30 Left Veracruz to La Habana with other ships.  
1767-jun-23 Entered at La Habana from Veracruz with other ships.  
1769-jun-29   s1
1772-mm-00 At Cadiz.  
1772-may-29 Left Cadiz to Veracruz with Dragon, Buen Consejo & 13 merchantmen.  
1772-aug-12 Arrived to Veracruz with Dragon & 13 merchantmen.  
1773-nov-30 Left Veracruz with Dragon to La Habana with gold. ?
1774-mar-18 Entered at Cadiz from La Habana with Dragon & more than 7,000,000 pesos.  
1775-mmm-00 Left Cadiz to Veracruz.  
1776-mmm-00 Entered back at Cadiz from Veracruz & La Habana.  
1776-mmm-00 Left Cadiz for the Campaign of Montevideo.  
1778-jul-17 Arrived to Cadiz with Monarca, Santo Domingo & Poderoso from Santa Catalina island. w2
1778-jul-17 Arrived to Cadiz with Monarca, Santo Domingo & San Damaso  
1778-mmm-00 Left Cadiz to Southern Seas with privateers N S del Buen Consejo & Aquiles.  
1779-jun-00 Patrolled Pacific waters with San Pedro de Alcantara, Peruano & Santa Paula.  
1783-mmm-00 At the Pacific Sea cruissing for enemies and pirates.  
1784-jan-00 At El Callao.  
1784-mmm-00 At El Callao, in bad conditions. Naval supplies used to set up San Pedro de Alcantara  
1786-mmm-00 Repaired and set to sail.  
1786-apr-00 Left El Callao to Cadiz with Santa Rosa.  
1792-mmm-00 Cruissed around Azores islands.  
1793-mmm-00 Campaign of Sardinia versus french revolutionaries.  
1793-mmm-00 Returned to the Biscay Bay.  
1795-jan-00 Left Cadiz to Santo Domingo with ammunition, guns and sailing supplies with minor ships.  
1795-mmm-00 Left Veracruz with San Pedro de Alcantara to Cadiz.  
1795-apr-00 Entered at Cadiz with San Pedro de Alcantara with gold.  
1796-mmm-00 Left Cadiz to Veracruz with mercury.  
1796-mar-14 Entered at Veracruz with Venus & Liebre with mercury.  
1796-may-13 Left Veracruz to Cadiz with Liebre and 5,889,000 pesos.  
1796-mmm-00 Arrived to Cadiz.  
1797-mmm-00 At Cadiz blocked by Admiral Jervis fleet.  
1798-mmm-00 Blocked at Cadiz.  
1799-mmm-00 Blocked at Cadiz.  
1799-mmm-00 At Cadiz, after british finished blocking, his crew is assigned to other ships and left disarmed.  
1805-jan-00 At Cadiz under Admiral Gravina's fleet.  
1805-mmm-00 Left Cadiz joinning Admiral Villeneuve's fleet to America.  
1805-jul-22 Battle of Cape Finisterre  
1805-jul-27 Entered at Vigo with damages, crew assigned to other Admiral Gravina's ships.  
1805-oct-21 At Vigo without enough crew to sail, only 345 men, 129 of them soldiers.  
1805-nov-01 At Vigo b6
1808-jun-10 At Vigo, ordered to move to El Ferrol.  
1808-mmm-00 At El Ferrol.  
1810-mmm-00 At Cadiz.  
181?-mmm-00 Left Cadiz to Cartagena de Indias.  
1811-mmm-00 Left Cartagena de Indias to Cadiz with gold.  
1823-mmm-00 Broke up at Cadiz and sold for firewood.  

 

Actions & Battles

1805-jul-22 Battle of Cape Finisterre

 

Notes

 

Sources (research by Santiago Gomez)

Archivo General de Indias; Contratación: 1782 B & 2582 A,B.

Archivo General de Indias; Estado: 24, N. 45 & 50. Estado; 25, N. 19.

Revista General de Marina, julio 1980, Emilio de la Cruz Hermosilla, "La Armada peruana, heredera de la española".

José Garmendia, "Tomás Ruiz de Apodaca, un comerciante alavés con Indias (1709-1767)".

José Manuel Vázquez Lijó, "La matrícula de mar en la España del siglo XVIII".

José Ignacio Gozález-Aller Hierro, "La Campaña de Trafalgar (1804-1805)" (b6)

AGMAB, "Estados de fuerza y vida", leg. 2235/43 (s1) 

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