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HCMS Santo Domingo (1781)

Page history last edited by ManuBlasco 14 years ago

Santo Domingo (2nd), 64/68


Details
Nationality Spanish
Ordered    
Started    
Named    
Launched 1781-feb-26 s2 
Shipyard El Ferrol  
Plans    
Constructor    
Decks 2  
Rate 4th Rates  
System    
Crew 433-490  
In Service 1781  
Out Service 1807  
Fate Broke up  

 

Dimensions
Units Length Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Source
Burgos ft. 168'91/3" 148'9" 46'0" 22'21/4" 26'0" 1,212 Tn s1
Meters 48.50 42.74 13.22 6.37 7.47 1,761 m3 (s1) 

 

Armament
Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs Broadside (Kg.) Source
68 1781 26 24 28 18 14 6 - - 606 lbs (297) s2
64 1784 26 18 28 12 10 6 - - 432 lbs. (211) s1
64 1796 24 18 26 12 10 8 2o+2o 4+3 419 lbs. (205) s1

 

Commanders

1782-jan-02 1784-jul-18   Captain D. Antonio Partearroyo (Parte Arroyo). s1 
1784-aug-11   Captain D. Enrique MacDonnell  
1796-mm-00 1796-mm-00 Captain D. Manuel Bilbao. s1
1796-mm-00 1796-sep-10 Lieutenant D. Pablo Perez. s1
1797-mm-dd 179?-mm-dd Captain D. Manuel Maria de Torres Valdivia.  
1802-feb-16   Commodore D. Nicolas de Estrada y Posada.  

 

Service Record (spanish todoavante)

1782-jan-02 Left Cadiz to La Habana with Glorioso (74), San Felipe Apostol (70)N S de la O (34) & Sta Catalina (34), with troops & mercury.  
1782-apr-00 At the french port of Guarico (Santo Domingo).  
1783-jun-20 Arrived to La Habana from Veracruz with the new Virrey of Nueva España (Mexico).  
1784-mar-08 At La Habana under careen & repairs.  
1784-mar-00 Left La Habana to El Ferrol.  
1784-apr-11 Arrived to El Ferrol.  
1784-mm-00 Left El Ferrol to La Habana.  
1784-jun-01 Left La Habana to Cadiz with San Felipe Apostol (70), Santa Ana (saetia) & hired dutch "urca" Teodoro without cargo?  
1784-jul-18 Arrived to Cadiz with San Felipe Apostol (70), Santa Ana (saetia) & hired dutch "urca" Teodoro. s1
1793-dec-02 Left Veracruz to La Habana.  
1793-dec-20 Entered at La Habana.  
1795-mm-00 Patrolled during summer Azores Islands with N S del Carmen (34)  
1796-jan-00 Left Cadiz to Cartagena. s1
1796-jan-11 Entered at Cartagena. s1
1796-feb-10 Left Cartagena to Trieste & Messina for guns, amunition, goods & mercury. s1
1796-mm-00 At Triestre, his Captain, D. Manuel Bilbao died, assuming the command the 1st Lieutenant.  
1796-mm-00 At Messina, Sicily.  
1796-sep-10 Entered at Cartagena from Trieste & Messina with guns, amunition, goods & mercury. s1
1797-feb-14 At the battle of Cape St. Vincent, only had 2 dead, was out of the line of battle & loaded with mercury.  
1797-mar-00 After the battle, entered at Cadiz, set in ordinary and his load transfered to Espanna.  
1797-dec-00 Arrived to Veracruz with Venus (34) & Santa Rosalia (34) with mercury.  
1802-may-22 Left Cadiz to Veracruz with mercury.  
1802-oct-00 Left Veracruz to La Habana & Cadiz.  
1806-jun-00 At Cartagena, in ordinary, needed of careen.  
1807-mm-00 Finally, was broke up at Cartagena.  

 

Actions & Battles

1797-feb-14 Battle of Cape St Vincent

 

Notes

Looks like his guns' calibers were reduced because of his use as 4th rate ship.

 

Sources (research by Santiago Gomez)

AGMAB, "Estados de fuerza y vida", 2235/43 - s1

AGS, Marina, legajo 367, Parte de botadura - s2

AGI, Estado, 35, N.30, carta del intendente D. Antonio de Cárdenas al Príncipe de la Paz, Veracruz, 1 de diciembre de 1797.

AGI, Estado, 42, N.8, carta de Estrada a Domingo Grandallana, Cádiz, 19 de febrero de 1803.

Gaceta de Madrid, Habana, 8 de marzo de 1784, nº 40, página 432, publicado el 18 de mayo de 1784.

Fernández Duro, Cesáreo. La Armada Española, desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón. Tomo VIII. Museo Naval, Madrid, 1973.

González-Aller Hierro, José Ignacio. La campaña de Trafalgar (1804-1805). Corpus Documental. Tomo II, Ministerio de Defensa, Madrid, 2004.

Fernández de Navarrete, Martín. Biblioteca marítima española. Obra póstuma. Tomo I, Madrid 1851.

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