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Spanish navy flag from 1506-1701 |
Spanish navy flag from 1701-1748 |
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...el imperio, a España vendra por los caminos del mar. Hay que morir o triunfar, que nos enseña la Historia, en Lepanto la victoria y la muerte en Trafalgar.
Spanish ships will be refered by HCMS/F/C - His Catholic Majesty's Ship/Frigate/Corvette/... - before ship´s name (Buque/Navio de Su Majestad Catolica - in spanish).
These abbreviations will distinguish same ship´s name from different nations and government warships from pivateers or privately-owned merchantmen.
Spanish double names
Besides nicknames, spanish ships usually had two names, the original one, given when launched and a second one, only if the original was a profane name, not religious, saint's name (santo de advocación). So most of spanish ships can be refered by two names.
Spanish Armadas
From the XV until the begginnign of the XVIII century, spanish navy was divided into Armadas.
These Armadas (or fleets) had a specific role and naval base (more info).
Note: Will use a double n (nn) instead of an ñ, and ships called Nuestra Señora will be abreviated as N S.
Manuel Blasco is the person in charge of the Spanish Navy data (e-mail)
Special thanks to Antonio Luis forum for his help in this project and specially to Santiago Gomez for his great research job about the spanish navy.
Sources:
http://armadasiglo18.free.fr/armada18/batallas.htm
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Nav%C3%ADos_de_l%C3%ADnea_de_la_Armada_Espa%C3%B1ola
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