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HCMS San Francisco de Asis (1767)

Page history last edited by ManuBlasco 13 years, 11 months ago

San Francisco de Asis (2nd), 70-74

 

  Details 
Nationality Spanish
Ordered 1763-jun-15 b6
Started    
Named    
Launched 1767-feb-00 b6
Shipyard Guarnizo b6
Plans Francisco Gautier b6
Constructor Manuel de Zubiria b6
Decks 2  
Rate 3rd Rates  
Crew 654-676 b6
In Service 1767-feb-00 b6
Out Service 1805-oct-24 b6
Fate Wrecked b6

 

 

  Dimensions 
Units Lenght Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Source
Burgos ft. 196'4" 173'0" 51'4" 25'1" 25'8" 1,600 Tn. b6
Meters 56.42 49.71 14.75 7.21 7.38 2,429 m3 (b6) 

 

 

  Armament 
Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs Broadside Source
70 1767 28 18 30 12 12 8 -  -  -  -  -  -  480 (235) (?)
86 1805 28 24 30 18 8 8 10 30o 6 24o 4 4p 868 (425) b6

 

 

Commanders

1779-jun-00   Captain D. Jose Domas y Valle.  
1783-jun-01   Captain D. Domingo Perez de Grandallana.  
1787-dec-10   Captain D. Francisco Delgado.  
1790-feb-00 1793-mmm-00 Commodore D. Pablo Obando.  
1793-may-00 1794-jun-04 Captain D. Andres Tacon y Gamir.  
1794-jun-05 1795-apr-16 Captain D. Estanislao Juez Sarmiento.  
1795-apr-00   Captain D. Jose Manuel de Villena.  
1796-mmm-00   Captian D. Alonso de Torres Guerra.  
1799-may-00 1800-apr-14 Commodore D. Jose Lorenzo de Goicoechea †  
1800-apr-15 1800-mmm-00 Captain D. Gabriel de Mella.  
1800-mmm-00   Frigate Captain D. Jose Melendez.  
1805-feb-00   Captain D. Luis Antonio Florez y Pereyra .  

 

Service Record

1768-may-07 At El Ferrol naval department, in ordinary.  
1771-aug-00 Careened at El Ferrol, in ordinary.  
1776-nov-00 At El Ferrol, in ordinary.  
1779-jun-00 At Cadiz.  
1779-jun-00 Under Cordoba's fleet, joinned 1st English Channel Campaign.  
1779-dec-00 Back to Cadiz after the campaign.  
1780-apr-28 Left Cadiz under Solano Bote's fleet to La Habana with San Luis (94).  
1780-aug-00 Arrived to La Habana.  
1780-oct-00 Left La Habana for the Pensacola Campaign.  
1781-mar-21 Left La Habana to intercept british convoy from Jamaica with Guerrero (74).  
1781-apr-09 Left La Habana to siege Pensacola with troops and Solano's fleet.  
1781-may-11 Pensacola surrendered.  
1781-may-31 Entered back to La Habana with Solano's fleet.  
1781-oct-24 Left La Habana to Veracruz with french Courageuse (32) & 8 merchantmen.  
1781-nov-05 All arrived to Veracruz.  
1781-dec-18 Left Veracruz to La Habana with french Courageuse (32) & 8 merchantmen, with 3,000,000 pesos, troops & supplies.  
1782-jan-03 In the way, captured 2 small british merchanment.  
1782-jan-05 All arrived to La Habana with the captures.  
1782-jan-00 Left alone La Habana to Veracruz for gold.  
1782-feb-00 Entered at La Habana scorted by San Genaro (74) with 2,000,000 pesos.  
1782-mar-00 Left La Habana to Guarico (Santo Domingo).  
1782-apr-00 At La Habana, with San Agustin (74) under repairs.  
1782-jul-00 Left La Habana to Veracruz for gold.  
1782-jul-26 Entered at La Habana from Veracruz with 2,000,000 pesos.  
1782-nov-00 At La Habana without enought crew for sailing.  
1783-apr-00 At Guarico, under Borja's squadron, in need of careen.  
1783-jun-01 Left La Habana to Cadiz under Solano's fleet.  
1783-jul-20 Entered at Cadiz under Solano's fleet, carring tobacco & leather.  
1784-sep-00 At Cartagena, disarmed and set to deep careen.  
1786-jun-00 At Cartagena, disarmed finished careen.  
1787-oct-09 At Cartagena, Royal Order to be coppered & armed, with San Antonio (74)  
1787-dec-10 Left Cartagena to Cadiz to join Cordoba's squadron for testing ship's evolutions.  
1788-may-00 Left Cadiz under Adm. Cordoba's squadron1 for naval testing.  
1788-jun-00 Entered under Cordoba's squadron at Cadiz.  
1788-sep-07 Entered at Cartagena with Cordoba's squadron.  
1788-sep-25 Left Cartagane with Cordoba's squadron for more naval testing.  
1788-oct-09 Entered back at Cartagena with Cordoba's squadron.  
1789-nov-00 Set to careen & coppered at Cadiz.  
1790-feb-00 At Cartagena's fleet department, in ordinary?  
1790-apr-00 Set in commission at Cartagena & left to Cadiz.  
1790-jul-00 Left Cadiz under Solano's fleet for the Nootka incident, patrolling Cape Finisterre & African coasts.  
1790-dec-16 Entered at Cartagena with San Vicente (80) & Gallardo (74) to set all in ordinary.  
1791-mmm-00 At Cartagena in ordinary.  
1792-mmm-00 At Cartagena in ordinary.  
1793-jan-00 Set in commission at Cartagena.  
1793-mar-01 Left Cartagena.  
1793-apr-06 Entered at Cartagena.  
1793-may-06 Left Cartagena under Borja's fleet of 13 SoL & 5 frigates to Sardinia.  
1793-jul-10 Entered back to Cartagena.  
1793-aug-08 Left Cartagena to join Langara's fleet at the siege of Toulon.  
1794-jan-00 Entered at Cartagena after the end of the siege of Toulon.  
1794-jun-19 Left Cartagena to patrol for 70 days Santa Maria island, at Azores.  
1794-nov-02 Left Cadiz under Melgarejo's squadron to Rosas bay, sieged by french.  
1794-dec-30 At Rosas bay, attacked by french land guns.  
1795-jan-10 Left Rosas bay to Cartagena with 5 more SoL.  
1795-jan-20 Entered at Cartagena.  
1795-mm-00 With Santa Catalina (34) captured french & british privateers and entered at Cadiz.  
1795-feb-00 Entered at Cadiz and joinned department fleet.  
1795-jun-17 Entered at La Carraca to be careened & change hull copper plates.  
1795-mm-00 Left Cadiz with San Agustin (74) to Santander with troops & 160,000 pesos fuertes.  
1795-mm-00 Left Santander with San Agustin (74) to London.  
1796-mm-00 At Cadiz department fleet.  
1797-jan-25 At Cadiz blocked, lost anchor, driving out, beeing attacked by 3 british frigates & a corvette for 8 hours.  
1797-mar-00 At Cadiz, under Adm. Mazarredo's fleet, blocked by Adm. Jervis' fleet.  
1798-mm-00 At Cadiz, under Adm. Mazarredo's fleet, blocked by Adm. Jervis' fleet.  
1799-may-12 Left Cadiz under Adm. Mazarredo's fleet2 to meet & join Adm. Bruix's fleet at the Mediterranean. b192
1799-may-16 At Gibraltar's strait, Mazarredo's fleet suffered a heavy storm, been damaged 11 ships. b192
1799-may-20 Entered at Cartagena under Adm. Mazarredo's fleet to repair damaged ships. b192
1799-jun-22 At Cartagena, under Adm. Mazarredo's finishing repairs, arrived Adm. Bruix's fleet3. b192
1799-jun-29 Left Cartagena under Adm. Mazarredo's fleet2 to Cadiz with Adm. Bruix's fleet3. b192
1799-jul-10 Entered at Cadiz with Adm. Mazarredo's & Bruix's fleets. b192
1799-jul-21 Left Cadiz under Adm. Mazarredo's & Bruix's fleets4 to Brest. b192
1799-aug-08 Entered at Brest with Adm. Mazarredo's & Bruix's fleets4. b192 
1800-mm-00 At Brest under Adm. Mazarredo's fleet, blocked by Adm. Jervis' fleet. b192
1801-mm-00 At Brest under Adm. Mazarredo's fleet, blocked by Adm. Jervis' fleet. b192 
1801-dec-14 Left Brest under Adm. Gravina's squadron5 to Santo Domingo with Adm. Latouche-Trevile's squadron6. b192 
1802-jan-30 Arrived with Soledad (34) to Cape Sanama, Pto. Rico (meeting point). b192
1802-jan-30 Left with Soledad (34) and french Mont Blanc (74) & other 3 SoL with troops to Port Delfin, Ciudad del Cabo. b192 
1802-feb-04 Arrived to Port Delfin, disembarked troops, siege & bombing of the city. b192 
1802-mm-00 Left Port Delfin with Soledad (34) to La Habana to meet Gravina's squadron, for supplies & repairs.  
1802-apr-22 Left La Habana to Cadiz under Adm. Gravina's squadron with Neptuno (80) & Guerrero (74) b192 
1802-may-25 Entered at Cadiz from La Habana. b192 
1802-jul-22 Left Cadiz to El Ferrol.  
1802-aug-10 Entered at El Ferrol.  
1804-sep-00 Finished careen at El Ferrol. b6
1805-feb-19 At El Ferrol in ordinary.  
1805-mar-13 At El Ferrol, set in commission.  
1805-aug-02 Joinned Gravina's fleet at El Ferrol.  
1805-aug-20 Entered at Cadiz with Gravina's fleet.  
1805-oct-21 Battle of Trafalgar  
1805-oct-22 Entered at Cadiz after the battle.  
1805-oct-23 Left Cadiz to help & recapture Neptuno (80) & Santa Ana (112)  
1805-oct-24 Run ashore at the coast of Cadiz, near Santa Maria's harbour due to thereafter storm.  

 

Actions & Battles

1805-oct-21 Battle of Trafalgar

 

Notes

1Adm. Cordoba's evolution squadron: San Fulgencio (64), San Leandro (64), San Ildefonso (74), San Agustin (74)

2Adm. Mazarredo's fleet: Concepcion (114), Reina Luisa (112), Mejicano (112), Principe (112), Neptuno (80), Paula (74), Asis (74), San Joaquin (74), San Pablo (74), Nepomuceno (74), Bahama (74), Guerrero (74), Conquistador (74), San Telmo (74), Pelayo (74), Perla (34), N S del Carmen (34), N S de Atocha (38), Soledad (34) and brigs Descubridor & Vigilante.

3Adm. Bruix's fleet: Ocean (118), Republicain (120), Invencible (110), Terrible (110), Formidable (92), Indomptable (92), Jemmapes (74),  Cisalpine (74), Batave (74), Dix Aout (74), Censeour (74), Sceptre (74), Constitution (74), Convention (74), Desaix (74), Duquesne (74), Revolution (74), Gaulois (74), Jean Bart (74), Mont Blanc (74), Redoutable (74), Tourville (74), Tyrannicide (74), Wattignies (74), Zele (74), JJ Rousseau (74), frigates Fraternite (40), Cocarde (36), Creole (38),  Romaine (??), Fidele (??), corvettes Decouverte & Vautour, Lazare Hoche, brig Affronteur and minnors Landa Witch, Tactique, Biche & Berceau.

4 Adm. Mazarredo's & Bruix's combined fleet:

5Adm. Gravina's squadron: Neptuno (80), Guerrero (74), San Francisco de Paula (74), San Pablo (74) & frigate ?

6 Adm. Latouche-Treville squadron: 

 

Sources (research by Santiago Gomez)

RHN, año 1993, nº 40, José Blanco Núñez, "La hoja de servicios del alférez de navío Don José Matías Zapiola y Lecea". 

RHN, año 2006, nº 92, Juan Antonio Gómez Vizcaíno, "Marinos en el gobierno político y militar de la plaza de Cartagena (1809-1822)".

Juan Carlos Mejías Tavero, "Los navíos españoles en la batalla de Trafalgar. Del astillero a la mar".

José Ignacio González-Aller Hierro, "La Campaña de Trafalgar. Corpus Documental"(b6)

Juan Alsina Torrente, "Una guerra romántica, 1778-1783".

Francisco Morales Padrón, "Diario de Don Francisco de Saavedra".

Cesáreo Fernández Duro, "Armada española", Tomo VIII.

J.M. Carlan, "Navíos en Secuestro. La Escuadra Española del Océano en Brest, 1799-1802" (b192)

 

 

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