HCMS Esperanza, 50
Santisima Trinidad (2nd)
| Nationality |
Spanish |
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| Ordered |
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| Started |
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| Named |
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| Launched |
1735 |
b18 |
| Shipyard |
La Habana |
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| Plans |
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| Supplier |
Juan Acosta |
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| Decks |
2 |
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| Rate |
4th Rates |
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| System |
Spanish |
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| Crew |
350-450 |
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| In Service |
1735 |
b18 |
| Out Service |
1747 |
w2 |
| Out Service |
1750 |
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| Fate |
Broke up |
b18 |
| Units |
Lenght |
Keel |
Beam |
Depth |
Draught |
Weight |
Displacement |
Source |
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| Guns |
Date |
# |
lbs |
# |
lbs |
# |
lbs |
Fires |
Source |
| 50 |
1735 |
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b18,w2 |
| 50 |
1740 |
22 |
18 |
22 |
12 |
6 |
6 |
696 (341) |
s1 |
Commanders
Service Record
| 1735-mmm-00 |
Left La Habana to Cadiz. |
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| 1735-mmm-00 |
Arrived to Cadiz. |
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| 1735-nov-22 |
Left Cadiz to Veracruz & La Habana. |
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| 1737-aug-28 |
Entered at Cadiz. |
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| 1738-mmm-00 |
Left Cadiz to Veracruz & La Habana. |
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| 1739-feb-02 |
Left Veracruz with Africa, Leon, Guipuzcoa & Incendio scorting gold to Spain. |
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| 1739-feb-02 |
At 4 P.M. started a big storm, deciding all ships to go back to Veracruz. |
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| 1739-feb-02 |
At night, in the harbour entrace of Veracruz, Incendio & N S del Pilar (Lamfranco) sunk. |
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| 1739-mar-04 |
Entered at La Habana with Leon & Guipuzcoa with damages from the previous storm. |
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| 1739-apr-19 |
Left La Habana to Spain transporting gold with Leon, Castilla, Guipuzcoa & Victoria Galera |
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| 1739-aug-12 |
All ships arrived to Santander, avoiding Adm. Haddock's blocking fleet at Cape Saint Vincent. |
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| 1740-mmm-00 |
At El Ferrol. |
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| 1740-oct-07 |
Left El Ferrol under Vice Adm. Pizarro's squadron 1 after Com. Anson's squadron. 2 |
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| 1740-oct-00 |
Had to enter back at El Ferrol due to bad weather and wind conditions. |
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| 1740-oct-21 |
Vice Adm. Pizarro's squadron left again. |
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| 1741-jan-00 |
All arrived to Rio de la Plata. |
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| 1741-feb-00 |
All arrived to Cape Horn. |
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| 1741-mmm-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-mmm-00 |
Finally, with only 58 crew alive arrived to Rio de la Plata. |
b75 |
| 1742-nov-20 |
Left Rio de la Plata to Concepcion. |
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| 1743-jan-26 |
Arrived to Concepcion and disembarked troops from the Portuguesse corp. |
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| 1743-mmm-00 |
At Concepcion joinned privateer frigates, N S de Belen (30) & Rosa (30). |
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| 1743-mmm-00 |
Left with the 2 frigates to Valparaiso. |
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| 1743-mmm-00 |
Arrived to Valparaiso and embarked crew from the Asia |
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| 1743-mmm-00 |
All 3 left to Panama with helps. |
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| 1744-mmm-00 |
Arrived to Panama. |
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| 1744-mmm-00 |
All 3 left to Juan Fernandez Islands looking for Com. Anson's fleet. |
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| 1744-jul-06 |
All 3 arrived to El Callao. |
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| 1746-oct-28 |
At Guayaquil for repairs, avoiding Lima's earthquake. |
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| 1747-mmm-00 |
Was for a long time the only King's ship at the Pacific until the lauching of Peruano in 1756. |
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| 1747-mmm-00 |
Out of service, not in sailing conditions. |
w2 |
| 1750-mmm-00 |
Broke up at Guayaquil. |
? |
| 1751-mmm-00 |
Out of service, not in sailing conditions.3 |
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Notes
Many times appeared listed as a 2 decks frigate in spanish sources.
Cost 50,525 pesos and in many navy lists appears as frigate. Broke up in 1750 & used for building Peruano.
The crew was also assigned to the new ship, in land for a long time (6 years!) before finishing El Peruano.
1 Vice Adm. Pizarro's squadron: Asia (64), Guipuzcoa (64), Esperanza (50), Hermione (54) and the frigate San Esteban (40).
2 Com. Anson's squadron: Centurion (64), Gloucester (50), Savern (50), Pearl (40), Vager (28) and Tryal (8).
Sources
3 Didier Ozanam, "Representación del Marqués de la Ensenada a Fernando VI (1751)", Cuadernos de investigación histórica, nº4, 1980.
Fernández Duro, Cesáreo, Naufragios de la Armada española, Madrid, 1867, pag. 17-22 (s1)
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