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HCMS Constante (1756)

Page history last edited by ManuBlasco 14 years, 2 months ago

Constante (3rd), 68-70

Contento

Details
Nationality Spanish
Ordered 1753  
Started 1754-mar-00  
Named    
Launched 1755-jan-00  
Shipyard Guarnizo  
Plans Jorge Juan  
Constructor David Howell  
Suplier J Fndez de Isla  
Decks 2  
Rate 3rd Rates  
Class Arrogante ?
System British  
Crew    
In Service 1756  
Out Service 1760-dec-02  
Fate Broke up  

 

 

Dimensions
Units Length Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Displacement Source
Burgos ft. l (m.) k (m.) b (m.) d (m.) d (m.) w (Tn.) D (Tn.)  

 

 

Armament
Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs Fires Source
68 1756 ? lbs ? lbs ? lbs ? lbs lbs (Kg.)  
70                      

 

 

Commanders

yyyy-mmm-dd Commander's rank and name. source/s

 

 

Service Record (spanish todoavante)

1756-mm-00 First sailing service.  
1760-oct-02 Exclude from active navy list. s1
1760-dec-02 Ordered to be exclude from active navy list.  

 

 

Notes

Cost over 6,000,000 pesos. Was involved in an embargo to Juan Fernandez and a judgment, stopping his construction for a long time.

Appears sometimes as Contento other as Constante, we do not know if was his nickname or just a misspelling.

 

 

Sources (research by Santiago Gomez) 

Col. Vargas Ponce, XXXV, doc.383, fº. 410. Carta de Julián de Arriaga a Juan Domingo Medina, de 2-10-1760 (s1)

Ariñano y Galdácano, Gervasio de. La arquitectura naval española (en madera). Madrid, 1920.

Castanedo Galán, Juan Miguel. Guarnizo. Un astillero de la Corona. Editorial Naval, Madrid, 1993.

Manera Regueira, Enrique. “La política naval española del rey Carlos III”. Revista General de Marina, agosto 1986.

Mercapide Compains, Nemesio. Crónica de Guarnizo y su Real astillero. Diputación Provincial de Santander, Santander, 1974. 

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