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HCMS Glorioso (1740)

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Units	Lenght	Keel	Beam	Depth	Draught	Weight	Displacement	Source
Spanish ft.

Guns	Date	#	lbs	#	lbs	#	lbs	#	lbs	Fires	Source
70	1740										b18,w2

1744-nov-10	1745-mm-00	Admiral D. Rodrigo de Torres.
1747-mm-00	yyyy-mm-00	Captain D. Pedro Mesia de la Cerda.

1744-oct-25	Left La Habana under Adm. Torres' squadron to La Corunna with 9,000,000 pesos.¹
1745-jan-05	Entered at La Corunna with Castilla.
1746-mm-00	Blocked at El Ferrol by the british.¹
1746-mm-00	Left to Caribbean.
1747-mm-00	Left La Habana to Spain with 4,000,000 silver pesos.
1747-jul-25	Action vs Warwick off the Azores Islands.
1747-aug-16	Entered at Corcubion, La Corunna with gold.
1747-oct-00	Left La Corunna to Cadiz.
1747-oct-18	Action vs King George (32), a privateer frigate.
1747-oct-19	Action vs Dartmouth
1747-oct-19	Action vs Russell
1747-oct-19	Captured by the british near Cape St. Vincent.²	b18,w2

1747-jul-25	Action vs Warwick
1747-oct-18	Action vs King George (32), A privateer frigate
1747-oct-19	Action vs Dartmouth
1747-oct-19	Action vs Russell²

¹ Adm. Torres' squadron was formed by: Castilla, Glorioso, Europa, Brillante? the privateer frigate Flecha,(6) & 4 merchantmen.

²Surrended after running out of ammunition with 33 dead and 130 wounded.

RGM, agosto-septiembre 2002, Román Piñón Bouza, "El Glorioso, un navío que hizo honor a su nombre".

RHN, año 2006, nº 93, José Manuel Serrano Álvarez, "Juan de Acosta y la construcción naval en La Habana (1717-1740)".