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HCMS Asia (1735)

Page history last edited by ManuBlasco 13 years, 10 months ago

Asia (1st), 64

Nuestra Señora de Loreto

 

Details
Nationality Spanish
Ordered 1731-may-07  
Started 1734-jun-00  
Named    
Launched 1734-dec-18  
Shipyard La Habana  
Plans Gaztañeta ? 
Constructor Juan Acosta  
Decks 2  
Rate 4th Rates  
Twin America  
System Spanish  
Crew 700 1740
In Service 1735-mar-00 b18
Out Service 1748-dec-00  
Fate Out of Service w2

 

 

Dimensions
Units Lenght Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Source
Codos  82'  -  23'  11'12"  -  -  AGS
Meters 47.13 - 13.22 6.67 - - AGS

 

Armament
Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs Broadside Source
60 1735 24 24 26 18 10 8   (3)
62 1735               b18
64 1735               w2
60 1740 24 24 26 12 10 6 474 (232) s1

 

 

 

Commanders 

1736 173? Frigate Captain D. Francisco de Lastarria.  
       
1740-oct-07
 1746-jan-29 Captain D. Francisco de Lastarria.  

 

Flag officers

1740-apr-09 1746-jan-29
 Vice Admiral D. Jose Alonso Pizarro's flagship.  

 

Service Record (spanish todoavante)

1735-mm-00 Left La Habana to Cadiz to finish fitting.  
1736-mm-00 Left Cadiz with Vice Adm. Pizarro's fleet of 8 ships to embark troops at Italy.  
1739-mm-00 Commisioned at Cadiz, left to El Ferrol under Com. Pintado's squadron.  
1740-mar-30 Entered at El Ferrol.  
1740-oct-07 Left El Ferrol under Vice Adm. Pizarro's squadron1 after Com. Anson's squadron2  
1740-oct-00 Had to enter back at El Ferrol due to bad weather and wind conditions.  
1740-oct-21 Vice Adm. Pizarro's squadron left again.  
1741-jan-00 All arrived to Rio de la Plata.  
1741-feb-00 All arrived to Cape Horn.  
1741-mm-00 Chased british Pearl (40).  
1741-feb-28 A storm dispersed the fleet and damaged all ships. b75
1741-mar-07 Another storm dispersed the fleet and damaged all ships. b75
1741-mm-00 Returned alone to Rio de la Plata, reporting 300 men lost.  
1741-mm-00 At Montevideo.  
1741-dec-00 Repaired, left again to Cape Horn.  
1742-feb-00 Failed to cross Cape Horn and entered at Montevideo.  
1745-oct-15 Left Montevideo with 1,000,000 pesos to Spain, & prisioners to fill the crew.  
1745-mm-00 In the way, prisiones in the crew fails to mutine.  
1746-jan-26 Entered at Corcubion, A Coruña with 1,000,000 pesos.
  
1746-jan-29 Entered at El Ferrol.  
1746-feb-00 Out of service.  
1748-nov-00 Commisioned due to british chance of attacking El Ferrol.  
1748-dec-00 Out of service.  

 

Actions & Battles

 

 

Notes

(1) Vice Adm. Pizarro's squadron: Asia (64), Guipuzcoa (64), Esperanza (50), Hermione (54) and frigate San Esteban (40).

(2) Com. Anson's squadron: Centurion (64), Gloucester (50), Savern (50), Pearl (40), Vager (28) and Tryal (8).

(3) Armament & calibers by 1720 Spanish Royal Ordenances, not verified.

 

Sources (research by Santiago Gomez)

AGS, Marina legajo 307.

RHN, año 1984, nº 4, Eulogio Zudaire Huarte, "Don Manuel de Guirior, teniente general de la Real Armada".

RHN, año 2006, nº 93, José Quintero González, "La Carraca y La Habana".

Francisco de Solano Pérez-Lila, "La pasión de reformar".

Diego Barros Arana, "Historia General de Chile", Tomo VI.

Hermenegildo Franco Castañón, "Sin perder el Norte".

Justo Zaragoza, "Piraterías y agresiones de los ingleses en América española".

Fernández Duro, Cesáreo, Naufragios de la Armada española, Madrid, 1867, pag. 17-22 (s1)

Fernández Duro, Cesáreo, "Armada Española desde la unión de los Reinos de Castilla y Aragón".

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