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HCMS Real Felipe (1732)

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Real Felipe, 114

Real Phelipe

El Real

 

By Rafael de Berenguer, MNM Album del Marques de la Victoria?

Details

Nationality Spanish
Ordered ?  
Started ?  
Named ?  
Launched 1732 b1,w2
Shipyard Guarnizo b1,w2
Plans Antonio Gaztanneta  
Constructor

Pedro Boyer

Cipriano Autran

w2
Constructor Cipriano Autran b1
Decks 3  
Rate 1st Rates  
System Spanish b1,w2
Crew 883-1,152  
In Service 1732 b1
Out Service 1750 b1,w2
Fate Broke up b1,w2

 

Dimensions

Units Lenght Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Displacement Source
  ? (55 m.) ? ? (16 m.) ? ? 1,965 ? ?

 

Armament

Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs Fires Source
114 1732 30 36 32 24 30 12 22 8 2,384 b1
110 1744 30 24 32 24 30 12 18 8 ? w2
114 1744 30 24 32 24 30 12 22 8 ? ?

 

 

Commanders

1733   Captain D. Francisco Lianno.  
1744   Captain D. Nicolas Geraldino.  

 

Flag Officers

1733? 1739? Rear Adm. D. D. Juan Jose Navarro  
1741-nov-05   Rear Adm. D. D. Juan Jose Navarro  

 

Service Record

1733-mm-00 At Barcelona.  
1733-nov-00 Left Barcelona with Galicia and Santa Teresa scorting troops to Naples.  
1734-jul-18 Entered at Cadiz.  
1735-mar-00 At La Carraca, Cadiz set to careen.  
1737-apr-22 At Cadiz 1.  
1738-mm-00 At Santander with Santa Ana, Principe, San Carlos & Santa Teresa.  
1738-aug-00 Left Santander to Cadiz with Santa Ana, Principe, San Carlos & Santa Teresa.  
1739-aug-00 At La Carraca, Cadiz set to careen, because of lack of funds.  
1740-nov-00 At La Carraca, Cadiz set to careen.  
1741-may-06 At Cadiz set in commission.  
1741-nov-15 Left Cadiz to secure Italy comunications with 10 SoL, 5 frigates & 2 minor vessels, avoiding Adm. Haddock's blocking fleet at Gibraltar.  
1741-nov-00 Captured the british privateer Williams at the strait of Gibraltar.  
1741-nov-19 Pursuited by Adm. Haddock until Cartagena, were joinned Adm. Bruyere's fleet. Haddock withdraws to Mahon for reinforcements.  
1741-nov-22 The french-spanish fleet suffered a storm near Ibiza, causing damage to many ships.  
1742-jan-04 The french-spanish fleet entered at Barcelona.  
1742-jan-14 The french-spanish fleet left Barcelon scorting 52 transports with goods for the spanish army at Orbitelo, Italy.  
1742-jan-00 During the trip, they suffered another storm and they enter at Hyeres islands 8 days for repairs.  
1742-jan-30 Arrived to La Spezia, Italy.  
1742-feb-13 Left La Spezia to Toulon.  
1742-feb-23 Entered at Toulon.  
1742-aug-00 The french-spanish fleet is blocked by Adm. Haddock's fleet of 29-33 SoL.  
1744-feb-20 After 18 months of blocking, departed to fight the british.  
1744-feb-22 Battle of Cape Sicie  
1744-feb-23 Towed by a frigate after the battle to Cartagena.  
1750-mm-00 At Cartagena for repairs until out of navy service list, probably broke up.  
1751-mm-00 At Cartagena in medium shape 2.  

 

Actions & Battles

1744-feb-22 Battle of Cape Sicie

 

Notes

Named in honour of Felipe V. First spanish three decker built in Spain.

All bronze guns. Built to carry 36 lbs in the lower deck, but never did, instead were armed with 24 lbs in the LGD & MGD.

 

Sources

1 Fernandez Duro, Cesareo. "Armada Española, desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragon", vol. VI, pag. 224. (Quoting: Rodriguez Villa "Patiño y Campillo")

2 Didier Ozanam, "Representación del marqués de la Ensenada a Fernando VI (1751)", Cuadernos de investigación histórica, nº4, 1980.

 

 

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