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HCMS Magnanimo (1754)

Page history last edited by ManuBlasco 13 years, 5 months ago

Magnánimo, 68/74

San Justo y San Pastor

 

Details
Nationality Spanish
Ordered 1752-jun-15  
Started 1754  
Named 1752-jul-15 b8
Launched 1754  
Shipyard El Ferrol (Esteiro)  
Plans Jorge Juan  
Constructor Guillermo Turner  
Decks 2  
Rate 3rd Rates  
Class 12th Apostles  
System British  
Crew 560  
In Service 1755  
Out Service 1794-jul-11  
Fate Wrecked  

 

Dimensions
Units Lenght Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Source
Codos 92'18" 78'18" 25' 12' - 1,619 Tn. s1 
Meters 53.30 45.26 14.37 6.90 - 2,458 m3 (s1)
Burgos ft. 193' 163' 52' 24' 26' 1,692 Tn. s1
Meters 55.46 46.84 14.94 6.90 7.47 2,569 m3 (s1)

 

Armament
Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs Broadside Source
68 1759 28 24 30 18 10 8 - - 646 (316)
 s1
74 1790 28 24 30 18 16 8 2p 3 670 (328) s1
74 1793 28 24 30 18 16 8 (2+2)ob 4+3 677 (331)
 s1

 

Commanders

1759-jul-21  
 Captain D. Luis de Cordova s1
1777-apr-00   Captain D. Carlos Torres.  
1790-sep-08   Captain D. Ignacio Iturriaga. s1 
1793-mar-00 1794-jul-11 Captain D. Ramon Topete y Fuentes.  

 

Officers flagship

1777-mm-00   Admiral D. Juan Bautista Bonet's flagship.  
1790-mm-00   Commodore D. Miguel Alfonso de Sousa's flagship.  

 

Service Record

1755-mm-00 Commissioned at the department of El Ferrol.  
1758-aug-00 Careened at El Ferrol.  
1759-jul-21 Left El Ferrol. s1 
1759-oct-01 Entered El Ferrol. s1
1760-mmm-00 At El Ferrol.  
1761-mmm-00 At Cadiz, set for structural repairs at La Carraca.  
1762-jan-00 At Cadiz.  
1762-sep-00 At Cadiz, commissioned to the department of El Ferrol.  
1763-jan-26 Left Cadiz to El Ferrol with Eolo & Venus scorting a convoy with destination south america.  
1763-feb-12 Entered back to Cadiz with damages & without Venus & 1 merchantmen, lost by storm.  
1763-may-14 Left Cadiz to El Ferrol with french & spanish ships.  
1763-may-26 Arrived alone to El Ferrol.  
1764-mm-00 Left El Ferrol to Maldonado, Uruguay, with troops & the small vessel Catalana.  
1764-dec-12 Arrived to Maldonado.  
1767-mm-00 Left Rio de la Plata, Argentina to El Ferrol, transporting jesuitas.  
1777-mar-00 At El Ferrol.  
1777-apr-00 Left Cadiz to La Habana.  
1779-jun-00 At La Habana, commissioned to this department.  
1779-mm-00 Patrolled coast off La Habana.  
1780-mm-00 Patrolled coast off La Habana.  
1780-may-19 Beening careen at La Habana. b53
1781-mm-00 Campaigns of Pensacola.  
1781-dec-11 Captured the british corsair frigate Hero.  
1782-mm-00 At La Habana in bad conditions.  
1782-mar-05 Left La Habana with 6 SoL under Solano's fleet & 70 french merchantmen with troops to Guarico, Santo Domingo.  
1782-apr-00 Not able to fight as other 3 ships at La Habana department, in need of dry careen in Spain.  
1790-mm-00 Joinned the Nootka incident fleet.  
1790-aug-00 Left El Ferrol to Cadiz.  
1790-sep-08 Entered Cadiz with ammunition. s1
1793-mar-00 Left El Ferrol to Cartagena with naval supplies & ammunition.  
1793-apr-01 Entered Cartagena. s1
1793-may-06 Left Cartagena. s1
1793-jul-10 Entered Cartagena. s1
1793-aug-14 Entered Cadiz. s1
1794-mar-23 Left Cartagena under Adm. Borja's squadron1 for the Campaign of Sardinia. ? 
1794-mm-00 Cruissed Biscay Bay waters under Adm. Borja's squadron.  
1794-jul-11 Run ashore and sunk nearby Sisargas' islands, due to fog, all the crew (500), supplies & guns were saved.  

 

Actions & Battles

 

Notes

(1)Adm. Borja's squadron formed by San Fernando (94), Magnanimo (74), and 8 ships more.

 

Sources (research by Santiago Gomez)

RGM, septiembre 1928, Julio Iglesias, "Recuerdos de la Real Armada y de la Civil".

RGM, agosto 1986, Enrique Manera Regueyra, "La política naval española del rey Carlos III".

Carlos Correa Luna, "Campaña del Brasil, antecedentes coloniales", Tomo III.

Alberto Orte Lledó, "El jefe de escuadra don Antonio de Ulloa y la Flota de Nueva España, 1776-1778".

Francisco Morales Padrón, "Diario de Don Francisco de Saavedra".

AGMAB, Estados de Fuerza y Vida, leg. 2235/23 (s1)

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