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HCMS Algeciras (1808)

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Algeciras, 74

Details

Former Algesiras
Nationality Captured
Ordered ?  
Started 1801-aug-00 s1 
Named ?  
Launched 1804-jul-08 s1 
Shipyard Lorient s1 
Plans Sane  
Constructor Caro  
Decks 2  
Rate 3rd Rates  
Class Temeraire   
Crew    
In Service 1808-jul-14  
Out Service 1829  
Fate Abandoned  

 

Dimensions

Units (meters) Lenght Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Displacement Source
French ft.  172' (55.87)   44'6" (14.90)    22' (7.26) ? 2,900 Tn.  s1 

 

Armament

Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs Fires Source
78 ?  28 36 30 24 16 8 4o 36 2,000 lbs (979 Kg.) s1 

 

Commanders

1808-jul-14   Frigate Captain D. Jose Aldana   
1809-feb-03   Commodore D. Miguel Maria Gaston  
18??-oct-23 1810-may-03 Captain D. Francisco Mourelle de la Rua  
1810-jun-29 1814-jun-02 Commodore D. Miguel Maria Gaston  

 

Service Record (castellano enlace todoavante)

1808-jul-09 Former Algesiras captured in the Battle of Cadiz.  
1809-feb-03 Left Cadiz to Spithead to buy weapons.  
1809-feb-16 Arrived to Spithead, and is set to careen due to water problems.  
1809-jul-02 Arrived to Cadiz from Spithead.  
1809-mm-00 Left Cadiz to Tarragona & Majorca with money and arms for the spanish troops, and french prisioners to Cabrera island.  
1809-dec-17 Entered at Cadiz.  
1810-may-02 Entered at Cadiz from Veracruz & La Habana with Asia with 7,266,992 pesos, 4,000 rifles & other goods.  
1810-jul-00 Left Cadiz to England with french prisioners.   
1811-mar-00 At Portsmouth set to careen.  
1811-apr-03 Entered at Cadiz.  
1811-jun-28 Transported troops and amunitions to Tarragona and other spanish Mediterranean ports.  
1811-aug-11 Entered at Cadiz.  
1811-sep-29 Left Cadiz to Vigo.  
1811-nov-00 Left La Corunna to Veracruz with Minno (54) & Venganza (34), transporting 1,400 troops and military supplies.  
1812-jan-16 Arrived to Veracruz and his crew fight the rebels at Veracruz.  
1813-mm-00 At La Habana, set to careen.  
1813-jun-04 Finished careen and set in commission.  
1813-mm-00 Left La Habana with Asia (74) to Cadiz.  
1814-may-17 Entered at Cadiz with Asia (74)  
1818-mm-00 Sunk at La Carraca, Cadiz, due to lack of careen. Recovered and set to repairs, abandoned later.  
1821-mm-00 At Cadiz in very bad state.  
1826-mm-00 Out of Royal Navy list due to lack of careen.  
1829-mm-00 Sunk alone finally due to lack of careen at La Carraca, Cadiz.  

 

Battles

1805-oct-21 Battle of Trafalgar
1808-jul-09 Battle of Cadiz

 

Notes

 

Sources (research by Santiago Gomez)

s1 - Wikipedia

Álvarez Bianchi, Claudio. “El navío Algeciras”. Revista General de Marina, enero-febrero 2002. 

Garay Unibaso, Francisco. Correos marítimos españoles. Tomo I, Ediciones Mensajero, Bilbao. 

Llabres, Juan. “Historias de la Mar. Entrada del navío Algeciras en el surgidero de Antón Lisardo (Nueva España)”. Revista General de Marina, febrero de 1957. 

Ortiz Escamilla, Juan. Fuerzas militares en Iberoamérica. Siglos XVIII y XIX. México, 2005. 

Pérez Turrado, Gaspar. Las marinas realista y patriota en la independencia de Costa Firme. Ministerio de Defensa, Madrid, 1996. 

Pezuela, Jacobo de la. Diccionario geográfico, estadístico, histórico de la isla de Cuba. Tomo III. Madrid. 1863. 

Sariego del Castillo, José L. Historia de la Marina española en la America septentrional y Pacifico, Sevilla, 1975. 

 

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