Castilla (2nd), 60/64
Santo Cristo de Burgos
Nationality |
Spanish |
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Ordered |
1736-jun-00 |
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Started |
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Named |
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Launched |
1737-jun-13 |
? |
Launched |
1738 |
b18 |
Shipyard |
La Habana |
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Plans |
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Constructor |
Juan Acosta |
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Decks |
2 |
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Rate |
4th Rates |
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Class |
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System |
Spanish |
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Crew |
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In Service |
1738 |
b18 |
Out Service |
1751 |
s1 |
Fate |
Sunk |
b18 |
Units |
Lenght |
Keel |
Beam |
Depth |
Draught |
Weight |
Displacement |
Source |
Codos |
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62' (?) |
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Guns |
Date |
# |
lbs |
# |
lbs |
# |
lbs |
# |
lbs |
Fires |
Source |
60 |
1738 |
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b18,w2 |
Commanders
Service Record
1739-feb-12 |
Entered at La Habana from Veracruz with San Juan Bautista |
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1739-mm-00 |
Left La Habana to Spain with Com. Pizarro's squadron. |
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1739-aug-15 |
Entered at Santander with Pizarro's squadron. |
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1739-mm-00 |
Entered at El Ferrol. |
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1740-mar-00 |
Left El Ferrol chassing a british frigate. |
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1740-jul-00 |
Left El Ferrol to Caribbean under Adm. Torres' squadron. |
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1744-oct-25 |
Left La Habana with Adm. Torres' squadron to La Corunna with 9,000,000 pesos.1 |
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1745-jan-05 |
Entered at La Corunna with Glorioso |
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1746-mm-00 |
At El Ferrol blocked by british. |
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1748-mm-00 |
Commissioned to Pacific Sea with Europa |
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1747-mm-00 |
Lost and sunk at the Mediterranean. |
b18 |
1747-mm-00 |
Sunk near Veracruz due to a storm. |
w2 |
1750-jun-10 |
Entered at Cadiz with Europa carring 2,424,129 pesos. |
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1751-mm-00 |
Sunk nearby Veracruz due to a storm. |
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Notes
1 Adm. Torres' squadron: Castilla, Glorioso, Europa, Brillante? the privateer frigate Flecha (6) & 4 merchantmen.
Sources (research by Santiago Gomez)
Archivo Histórico Nacional, Diversos-Colecciones, 42, N.17
RHN, año 1984, nº 4, Eulogio Zudaire Huarte, "Don Manuel de Huirior, teniente general de la Real Armada".
RHN, año 2006, nº 93, José Manuel Serrano Álvares, "Juan de Acosta y la construcción naval en La Habana (1717-1740)".
RHN, año 2006, nº 93, José Quintero González, "La Carraca y La Habana".
RGM, agosto 1987, Hugo O'Donnell y Duque de Estrada, "Jorge Juan y la defensa del Mar del Sur".
Hermenegildo Franco Castañon, "Sin perder el norte".
Antonio Béthencour Massieu, "Relaciones de España bajo Felipe V".
Didier Ozanam, "Representación del marqués de la Ensenada a Fernando VI (1751)", Cuadernos de investigación histórica, nº4, 1980. (s1)
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