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HCMS Argonauta (1798)

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Argonauta (1st), 80/102


Details

Nationality Spanish
Ordered 1795.nov.11
 
Started ?  
Named 1795.dec.08
 
Launched 1798-jun-28 b6
Shipyard El Ferrol  
Plans J M Retamosa b6
Constructor J M Retamosa ?
Decks 2 b6
Decks 3 1805
Rate 2nd Rates  
Class Neptuno b6
System Retamosa  
Crew 642-801 b6
In Service 1798-oct-00 b6
Out Service 1805-oct-22 b6
Fate Wrecked b6 

 

Dimensions

Units Lenght Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Displacement Source
Burgos ft. (meters) 200' (57.47) 179' (51.44) 54' (15.52) 26'3" (7.54) 27' (7.76) 2,156 Tn. 3,362 Tn. b6

 

Armament

Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs Fires (Kg.) Source
84 1798 30 24 32 18 18 8 4 18o         1,512 (740) ?
94 1805 30 36 32 18 16 8 12 30o 4 4o     2,160 (1,057) b6
102 1805-oct-21 30 36 32 24 16 18 12 30o 8 24o 4 4o 2,704 (1,324) b6

 

 

Commanders

1799-jan-00 1801-oct-25 Captain D. Juan Herrara Davila. b6
1801-oct-26 1802-apr-15 Commodoro D. Jose Justo Salcedo. b6
1805-feb-15 1805-sep-02 Captain D. Rafael de Hore. b6
1805-sep-03 1805-oct-22 Captain D. Antonio Pareja. b6

 

Officers

1805-feb-15 1805-mar-24 Admiral D. Juan Maria de Villavicencio. b6
1805-mar-25 1805-sep-01 Admiral D. Federico Gravina y Napoli. b6
1805-sep-03 1805-oct-01 Contre Admiral D. Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros. b6

 

Service Record

1799-jan-00 At El Ferrol. b6
1799-apr-28 Left El Ferrol with Real Carlos, 2 frigates & a brig to support Irish insurrection. b6
1799-may-07 All arrived to Rochefort.  
1799-aug-30 Left Rochefort to Brest to join Bruix's and Mazarredo's fleet there. b6
1799-sep-11 Entered at El Ferrol due to british blocking force of 40 SoL at Brest. b6
1799-nov-00 At El Ferrol, patrolled nearby waters. b6
1800-aug-25 At El Ferrol, blocked & sieged by John Borlase Warren's fleet. b6
1801-apr-20 Left El Ferrol to Cadiz with San Fernando, Real Carlos, San Hermenegildo & San Agustin. b6
1801-apr-25 All entered at Cadiz. b6
1801-jul-09 Left Cadiz with San Fernando, Real Carlos, San Hermenegildo, San Agustin & Sabina to Algeciras. b6
1801-jul-10 All arrived to Algeciras and joined Adm. Linois squadron there. b6
1801-jul-12 The combined French-Spanish fleet left Algeciras to Cadiz. b6
1801-jul-12 That night, the fleet is attacked by Adm. Saumarez, capturing Saint Antoine & blowing up Real Carlos & San Hermenegildo. b6
1801-jul-00 The rest of the ships arrived to Cadiz.  
1801-nov-13 Left Cadiz with mercury and merchantmen to Veracruz & La Habana. b6
1802-apr-02 Arrived to Cadiz from Veracruz. s1
1802-apr-13 Arrived to Cadiz from La Habana & Veracruz with gold. b6
1802-oct-00 At Cartagena, in ordinary set for repairs & careen. b6
1803-jul-00 Careened & maintenance repairs at Cartagena. b6
1803-mmm-00 At Cadiz in ordinary.  
1804-dec-12 At Cadiz, ordered to set in commision. b6
1805-jan-00 At La Carraca, Cadiz, coppered & careened. b6
1805-mar-25 Finished work at La Carraca and set in commission at Cadiz bay. b6
1805-apr-08 Admiral Villeneuve's fleet arrived to Cadiz. b6
1805-apr-00 Left Cadiz with America, San Rafael & Villeneuve's fleet to Martinica. b6
1805-may-14 At Fort-de-France, Martinica. b6
1805-may-29 Siege & assault of Diamond rock, under British troops. b6
1805-jun-05 The Franco-Spanish fleet left Martinica to Barbados. b6
1805-jun-07 Arrived to Barbados, capturing all but one of the 16 British merchantmen convoy there. b6
1805-jun-08 All the Franco-Spanish fleet left Barbados back to Europe. b6
1805-jul-22 Battle of Cape Finisterre b6
1805-jul-27 The Franco-Spanish fleet entered at Vigo. b6
1805-jul-30 The Franco-Spanish fleet left Vigo without America, Espanna & Atlas. b6
1805-aug-02 Entered at El Ferrol with Terrible to be repaired. b6
1805-aug-07 Finished repaired. b6
1805-aug-10 Left El Ferrol with the Franco-Spanish fleet without Monarca, Terrible & San Ildefonso due to lack of wind. b6
1805-aug-13 Joinned with the above ships, the Franco-Spanish fleet at the waters off El Ferrol. b6
1805-aug-15 All left to Cadiz. b6
1805-aug-20 All entered at Cadiz bay. b6
1805-oct-20 Left Cadiz with the Franco-Spanish fleet. b6
1805-oct-21 Captured by the British at the Battle of Trafalgar. b6
1805-oct-30 Due to battle & thereafter storm damages, sunk. b6

 

Actions & Battles

1801-jul-12 The Gut of Gibraltar
1805-jul-22 Battle of Cape Finisterre
1805-oct-21 Battle of Trafalgar

 

Notes

Was the last ship of the line built at Spain in the XVIII century, and without doubt, the best (b6).

At the hunting of a British convoy at Barbados, Argonauta show up as the fastest & best sailing ship of the Franco-Spanish combined fleet.

It is possible, that before Trafalgar, she was given a 3rd deck to achieve the 102 guns. 

Sources

b6 J.Ignacio González-Aller, "La Campaña de Trafalgar (1804-1805) Corpus Documental"
s1 Archivo General de Indias,ESTADO,39,N.5

 

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