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HCMS Castilla (1780)

Page history last edited by ManuBlasco 13 years, 4 months ago

Castilla (4th), 58-60

San Felix el Castilla

San Felix de Cantalicio

 

Details 
Nationality Spanish
Ordered    
Started    
Named    
Launched 1780   
Shipyard El Ferrol   
Plans Francisco Gautier   
Constructor    
Decks 2   
Rate 4th Rate   
Class ---   
System French   
Crew 244-482  
In Service 1780   
Out Service 1808 / 1810  
Fate Hulked / Burnt  

 

 

Dimensions
Units Length Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Source
Burgos ft. 169'6" 151'6" 45'4" 22'8" 22'6" 1,138 Tn. s4
Meters 48.71 43.53 13.03 6.51 6.47 1,728 m3 s4

 

 

Armament
Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs Broadside Sources
58 1788 24 18 26 12 8 6 2p 4 396 lbs (194 Kg.) s4
60 1799 24 18 26 12 10 8 4o 4  412 lbs (202 Kg.) s4

 

 

Commanders 

1780-aug-21 1782-may-06 Captain D. Juan Quindos y Pardo.  
1781-mm-dd 1782-dec-20 Captain D. Jose Adorno.  
1782-dec-21 1783-oct-31 Captain D. Federico Gravina y Napoli.  
1783-sep-01 yyyy-mm-dd Captain D. Nicolas Estrada.  
1785-mm-dd yyyy-mm-dd Captain D. Jose Adorno.  
1805-feb-16 1805-jul-01 Captain D. Jose Cayetano Garcia de Quevedo  
1805-jul-02 1805-sep-00 Captain D. Juan de Dios Topete  
1805-sep-00 1805-nov-11 Frigate Captain D. Pedro de Mesa Baulen  
1805-nov-12 1806-jan-07 Captain D. Juan de Dios Topete  
1806-jan-08 1809-feb-18  Captain D. Salvador Melendez Bruna  

 

Service Record (spanish todavante)

1780-aug-21 Under Adm. Cordoba's fleet  
1781-mm-dd Under Adm. Luis de Cordoba's fleet for the 2nd Campaign of the English Channel.  
1781-mm-dd Travelled between El Ferrol and Cadiz.  
1782-may-06 At Cadiz.  
1782-oct-21 Battle of Cape Spartel.  
1783-jan-00 At Cadiz ready to depart under Adm. Count d'Estaing for the invasion of Jamaica, finally aborted due to peace.  
1783-dec-00 Left Cadiz to Puerto Rico with Minno (54), Santa Bibiana (34) & Santa Balbina (34) transporting Rgt. of Cantabria troops.  
1785-mm-dd Left Cadiz to La Habana with troops and returned with gold.  
1788-feb-15 At Cadiz ready to depart to La Habana. b6
1788-mm-00 Left Veracruz to Cadiz with gold. s3
1788-oct-20 Arrived to Cadiz with gold from Veracruz. s3
1790-mar-00 Entered at Cadiz with San Ramon from La Habana.  
1790-nov-25 Left La Habana to Cadiz with gold. s1 
1791-jan-19 At La Habana with Soberano, Asia, Minno, Venus, Santa Bibiana & Aduana (privateer), embarked Pincesa & Naples Regts. troops s2
1791-mm-dd Transported troops to America? or Cadiz? with Asia, Minno & Soberano  
1793-mm-00 Scorting merchantmen between La Habana & Veracruz with brigs Saeta, Volador and golete Flor de Mayo.  
1799-apr-28 Left El Ferrol under Rear Adm. Melgarejo's fleet to Rochefort.  
1799-nov-00 Entered at El Ferrol from Rochefort.  
1800-aug-00 At El Ferrol in ordinary.  
1804-mm-00 Carrened and set to maintenance at La Carraca, Cadiz.  
1804-dec-00 At Cadiz.  
1805-feb-12 At Cadiz. b6 
1805-sep-00 Set in ordinary at Cadiz. b6
1805-oct-00 All his crew assigned among all Adm. Gravina's fleet for the battle of Trafalgar. b6 
1805-nov-00 Ordered to set in commission. b6
1805-dec-17 At Cadiz in commission b6 
1806-sep-13 At Cadiz ordered to set in ordinary due to not be a ship for the line. b6 
1806-oct-00 At Cadiz in ordinary.  
1807-mm-dd At Cadiz in ordinary.  
1808-jun-10 Ordered to set in commission.  
1808-mm-dd At Cadiz bay, finally used as hulk for french prisioners from Rosily fleet & Bailen.  
1810-may-15 At Cadiz bay, due to a heavy storm, runned ashored the french occupied side and was burnt.  

 

Actions & Battles

1782-oct-21 Battle of Cape Spartel

 

Notes

Due to his guns weight and low beam, looks like it was rather a large frigate that a ship of the line.

D. Ignacio María de Álava in 1805 (before Trafalgar's battle), changed the lower gun deck for 24 lbs, but was tested and turnned back to 18 lbs. due to his low beam and lack of space.

 

Sources (research by Santiago Gomez)

JOSE IGNACIO GONZALEZ-ALLER HIERO: "La Campaña de Trafalgar, 1804-1805. Corpus Documental". Tomos I y II. Ministerio de Defensa, 2004. (b6)

Gaceta de Madrid. Cádiz, 26 de Marzo de 1770, nº 28, pp. 233-234. Published 4 de Abril de 1790.

AGS. SGU,LEG, 6844,129. Gobernador de la Habana don Luis de las Casas al conde del Campo de Alange, Habana, 24 de Noviembre de 1790 (s1)

AGS, SGU, LEG, 6845,7 (s2)

AGS, SGU, LEG, 7222,63. Carta de don Joaquín de Maguna, subdirector interino del Montepío Militar, San Lorenzo, 20 de Octubre de 1788. (s3)

FERNÁNDEZ DURO, CESÁREO: "La Armada Española, desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón". Tomos VII y IX. Museo Naval, Madrid, 1973. 

"Disquisiciones náuticas". Tomo V, Madrid 1877, (facsímil, Ministerio de Defensa, Instituto de Historia y Cultura Naval, Madrid, 1996.

MARTÍNEZ-VALVERDE, Carlos. “La estrategia naval y anfibia en la guerra de la independencia española”. Revista General de Marina, mayo-junio de 1960.

Miscelánea. Revista General de Marina, junio 2000, pp. 876-877.

NÚÑEZ IGLESIAS, Indalecio y FERNÁNDEZ NÚÑEZ, Pedro. "El coloquio de Brión", Museo Naval, Madrid, 1977.

SUÁREZ, Federico. "Estudios de historia moderna y contemporánea". Ediciones Rialp, 1991. 

AGMAB, "Estados de Fuerza y Vida", legajo 2235/40 (s4)

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