Monarca (2nd), 74
San Cayetano
Graphic copyright of Juan Garcia from www.todoababor.es published here under his authorization.
| Nationality |
Spanish |
 |
| Ordered |
1791-sep-21 |
b6 |
| Started |
|
|
| Named |
1791-nov-01 |
b2 |
| Launched |
1794-mar-17 |
b6,b84 |
| Shipyard |
El Ferrol |
|
| Plans |
Romero Landa |
b6,b84 |
| Constructor |
Tomas Bryant |
? |
| Decks |
2 |
|
| Rate |
3rd Rates |
|
| System |
Landa |
b84 |
| Class |
Ildefonsinos |
b6,b84 |
| Crew |
672 |
b6 |
| In Service |
1794-mar-17 |
b6,b84 |
| Out Service |
1805-oct-28 |
b6 |
| Fate |
Wrecked |
b6 |
| Units |
Length |
Keel |
Beam |
Depth |
Draught |
Weight |
Displacement |
Source |
| Burgos ft. (meters) |
190' (54.60) |
170'2" (48.90) |
52' (14.94) |
28'4" (8.14) |
25 (7.18) |
1,640 Tn. |
|
b6,b84 |
| Guns |
Date |
# |
lbs |
# |
lbs |
# |
lbs |
# |
lbs |
# |
lbs |
Fires |
Source |
| 74 |
1794 |
28 |
24 |
30 |
18 |
16 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
1,340 (656) |
b6 |
| 80 |
1805 |
28 |
24 |
30 |
18 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
30o |
6 |
24o |
1,704 (834) |
b6 |
Commanders
Officers
| yyyy-mmm-dd |
yyyy-mmm-dd |
Rank & Commander's name. |
|
Service Record
| 1794-mmm-00 |
Left El Ferrol to Cadiz. |
b6 |
| 1794-sep-00 |
Left Cadiz for naval testing with Montannes (74) |
b6 |
| 1794-nov-00 |
Entered at Cadiz with Montannes (74) |
b6 |
| 1795-mm-00 |
Due to naval test, replaced masts for better performance. |
b6 |
| 1795-feb-24 |
Left Cartagena with San Juan Nepomuceno (74) |
b6 |
| 1795-mm-00 |
Entered at Cartagena. |
b6 |
| 1795-oct-00 |
Changed some sails & masts. |
b6 |
| 1795-mm-00 |
Joinned Adm. Cordova's fleet, patrolled Azores Islands & more testing with Montannes (74) |
b6 |
| 1795-nov-00 |
Entered at Cadiz. |
b6 |
| 1795-dec-18 |
Left Cadiz under Adm. Langara's fleet for the Campaign of Rosas Bay. |
b6 |
| 1796-mm-00 |
Entered at Cartagena. |
b6 |
| 1796-mm-00 |
Left Cartagena to Cadiz. |
|
| 1796-mm-00 |
Entered at Cadiz. |
|
| 1796-jun-16 |
Left Cadiz to Veracruz. |
s1 |
| 1796-jul-19 |
Arrived to Veracruz after 34 days of navigation. |
s1,s2 |
| 1796-aug-19 |
Left Veracruz to La Habana with 5,573,242 pesos. |
s2 |
| 1796-nov-15 |
Left La Habana to Cadiz with 6,500,000 pesos. |
s1 |
| 1796-oct-06 |
Entered at Cadiz. |
b6 |
| 1797-mm-00 |
Blocked at Cadiz. |
b6 |
| 1798-feb-06 |
Left Cadiz under Adm. Mazarredo's fleet. |
b6 |
| 1798-feb-13 |
Entered at Cadiz. |
b6 |
| 1798-apr-10 |
Left Cadiz to Veracruz with N S de las Mercedes & N S de la Paz |
b6 |
| 1798-mm-00 |
Arrived to Veracruz & departed back to Spain. |
b6 |
| 1798-mm-00 |
Entered at Vigo & left to El Ferrol. |
b6 |
| 1798-oct-00 |
At El Ferrol, under maintenance repairs in commission, armed. |
b6 |
| 1799-jan-04 |
Left El Ferrol under Com. Ordonnez's squadron of 4 SoL, 3 frigates & troops to Santa Cruz de Tenerife. |
b6 |
| 1799-feb-02 |
Returned to El Ferrol. |
b6 |
| 1799-apr-28 |
Left El Ferrol under Adm. Melgarejo's fleet of 5 SoL, 2 frigates, minnor ships & troops to Rochefort. |
b6 |
| 1799-may-07 |
Arrived to Rochefort. |
b6 |
| 1799-aug-30 |
Left Rochefort to Brest. |
b6 |
| 1799-sep-11 |
Arrived to El Ferrol, due to british blocking of Brest. |
b6 |
| 1800-aug-25 |
British assault to El Ferrol under Admiral Warren. |
b6 |
| 1801-mm-00 |
At El Ferrol, disarmed & needed of careen. |
b6 |
| 1802-mm-00 |
At El Ferrol, disarmed & needed of careen. |
b6 |
| 1803-mm-00 |
At El Ferrol, disarmed & needed of careen. |
b6 |
| 1804-nov-13 |
Ordered to careen & in commission. |
b6 |
| 1805-jan-24 |
Finished careen & in commission. |
b6 |
| 1805-feb-06 |
A lighting hit a mast at El Ferrol. |
b6 |
| 1805-feb-18 |
Joinned Adm. Grandallana's fleet at El Ferrol. |
b6 |
| 1805-aug-13 |
Left El Ferrol under Admiral Villeneuve's franco-spanish fleet to Cadiz. |
b6 |
| 1805-aug-20 |
Entered at Cadiz with the franco-spanish fleet. |
b6 |
| 1805-oct-20 |
Left Cadiz with the franco-spanish fleet. |
b6 |
| 1805-oct-21 |
Surrended to british at the end of the Battle of Trafalgar |
b6 |
| 1805-oct-28 |
Wrecked at Arenas Gordas, due to thereafter storm and battle damages. |
b6 |
Notes
The 1794 naval testing gave better results for Montannes (74) (b6).
Sources
Archivo General de Simancas,SGU,LEG,6973,48 (s1)
Archivo General de Indias,ESTADO,25,N.28 (s2)
"La Campaña de Trafalgar (1804-1805) Corpus Documental", J.Ignacio González-Aller (b6)
"Jose Romero Fdez. de Landa, un ingeniero de marina en el s. XVIII", J.M. de Juan-Garcia Aguado (b84)
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