HCMS Glorioso (1st), 70
Nuestra Sennora de Belen
Nationality |
Spanish |
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Ordered |
1738-jan-00 |
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Started |
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Named |
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Launched |
1740 |
b18 |
Shipyard |
La Habana |
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Plans |
Antonio Gaztanneta |
? |
Constructor |
? |
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Decks |
2 |
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Rate |
3rd Rates |
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Class |
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System |
Spanish |
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Crew |
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In Service |
1740 |
b18,w2 |
Out Service |
1747-oct-19 |
b18,w2 |
Fate |
Captured |
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Next |
? |
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Units |
Lenght |
Keel |
Beam |
Depth |
Draught |
Weight |
Displacement |
Source |
Spanish ft. |
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Guns |
Date |
# |
lbs |
# |
lbs |
# |
lbs |
# |
lbs |
Fires |
Source |
70 |
1740 |
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b18,w2 |
Commanders
Service Record
1744-oct-25 |
Left La Habana under Adm. Torres' squadron to La Corunna with 9,000,000 pesos.1 |
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1745-jan-05 |
Entered at La Corunna with Castilla. |
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1746-mm-00 |
Blocked at El Ferrol by the british.1 |
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1746-mm-00 |
Left to Caribbean. |
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1747-mm-00 |
Left La Habana to Spain with 4,000,000 silver pesos. |
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1747-jul-25 |
Action vs Warwick off the Azores Islands. |
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1747-aug-16 |
Entered at Corcubion, La Corunna with gold. |
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1747-oct-00 |
Left La Corunna to Cadiz. |
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1747-oct-18 |
Action vs King George (32), a privateer frigate. |
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1747-oct-19 |
Action vs Dartmouth |
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1747-oct-19 |
Action vs Russell |
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1747-oct-19 |
Captured by the british near Cape St. Vincent.2 |
b18,w2 |
Notes
1 Adm. Torres' squadron was formed by: Castilla, Glorioso, Europa, Brillante? the privateer frigate Flecha,(6) & 4 merchantmen.
2Surrended after running out of ammunition with 33 dead and 130 wounded.
Sources (research by Santiago Gomez)
RGM, agosto-septiembre 2002, Román Piñón Bouza, "El Glorioso, un navío que hizo honor a su nombre".
RHN, año 2006, nº 93, José Manuel Serrano Álvarez, "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, mayo 2001, Agustín Ramón Rodríguez González, "La gesta del Glorioso".
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