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HCMF Hermione (1735)

Page history last edited by ManuBlasco 15 years, 3 months ago

 

HCMF Hermione (1st), 36/54

Hermiona

 

Details

 

Nationality Spanish
Ordered    
Started    
Named    
Launched 1735  
Shipyard El Ferrol  
Plans    
Constructor    
Decks 1-2 ?
Rate 5th Rates  
System    
Crew 500 1741
In Service 1735  
Out Service 1741-mar-00 b75
Fate Wrecked b75

 

Dimensions

 

Units Length Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Displacement Source
Codos l (m.) k (m.) b (m.) d (m.) d (m.) w (Tn.) D (Tn.)  

 

Armament

 

Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs Fires Source
36 1736 ? lbs ? lbs ? lbs lbs (Kg.)  
40 1740 18 12 18 8 4 4 376 (184)  
54 1736 ? lbs ? lbs ? lbs lbs (Kg.) b75

 

 

 

Commanders

 

174?-mm-dd 1741-mar-dd Frigate Captain D. Jose de Arratia s1

 

Service Record

 

1736-mm-00 Assigned to fight the portuguese at Martin Garcia & Las Vacas islands.  
1737-apr-00 At Rio de la Plata with San Esteban, San Francisco Javier & Paloma Indiana  
1739-mm-00 Ready to depart with San Esteban to Spain from Buenos Aires? ?
1740-apr-00 Arrived to Cadiz? with San Esteban? and 600,000 pesos.  
1740-mm-00 Entered at El Ferrol.  
1740-oct-07 Left El Ferrol under Vice Adm. Pizarro's squadron (1) after Com. Anson's squadron. (2)  
1740-oct-00 Had to enter back at El Ferrol due to bad weather and wind conditions.  
1740-oct-21 Vice Adm. Pizarro's squadron left again.  
1741-jan-00 All arrived to Rio de la Plata.  
1741-feb-00 All arrived to Cape Horn.  
1741-mm-00 Chased british Pearl (40).  
1741-feb-28 A storm dispersed the fleet and damaged all ships. b75
1741-mar-07 Another storm dispersed the fleet and damaged all ships. b75
1741-mar-00 Wrecked with all crew nearby Cape Horn. b75

 

Notes

His armament rate is very wide from different sources.

(1) Vice Adm. Pizarro's squadron: Asia (64), Guipuzcoa (64), Esperanza (50), Hermione (54) and the frigate San Esteban (40).

(2) Com. Anson's squadron: Centurion (64), Gloucester (50), Savern (50), Pearl (40), Vager (28) and Tryal (8).

 

Sources

Fernández Araujo, Carlos, Historia marítima de Zalvide, Academia Alfonso X el Sabio, Murcia, 1982, pag. 206. (s1)

 

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