Aquilon, 68
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Nationality | Spanish | |
Ordered | 1752-jun-15 | |
Started | 1752/3 | |
Named | 1752-jul-15 | b8 |
Launched | 1754-aug-15 | |
Launched | 1754-mar-10 | |
Shipyard | El Ferrol | |
Plans | Jorge Juan | |
Constructor | Guillermo Turner | |
Decks | 2 | |
Rate | 3rd Rates | |
Class | 12th Apostles | |
System | British | |
Crew | 564 | |
In Service | 1754-aug-15 | |
Out Service | 1762-aug-11 | |
Fate | Captured | |
Next | Moro |
Dimensions |
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Units | Lenght | Keel | Beam | Depth | Draught | Weight | Source |
Codos | 92 1/2' | 80' | 23 2/3' | 11' | 12' | 1,692 Tn. | b2 |
Meters | 53.16 | 45.98 | 13.60 | 6.32 | 6.90 | m3 | (b2) |
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Armament |
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Guns | Date | # | lbs | # | lbs | # | lbs | Broadside | Source |
68 | 1760 | 28 | 24 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 8 | ? | |
74 | ? | ? | 24 | ? | 18 | ? | 8 | ? | w2 |
1754-mm-00 | 1755-mm-00 | Captain D. Francisco Lastarria. | |
1755-mm-00 | Frigate Captain D. Bernabe de Urcullu. | ||
1762-mm-00 | 1762-jun-25 | Captain D. Vicente Gonzalez-Valor y Bassecourt. | |
1762-jun-26 | 1762-aug-11 | Frigate Captain D. Diego Argote. |
1754-jun-00 | Left El Ferrol to Cadiz. | |
1754-mm-00 | Comissioned to fight piracy. | |
1754-dec-00 | Ends comissioned and entered at Cadiz. | |
1755-apr-00 | Disarmed at Cadiz. | |
1755-aug-00 | Set to repair at La Carraca, Cadiz, due to wood sickness. | |
1759-mm-00 | At Cartagena fighting Argelian pirates. | |
1761-mm-00 | At Cartagena fighting Argelian pirates. | |
1761-mar-04 | Left Cartagena with Soberano (70) transporting 640 troops from Aragon's regiment, 2nd batallion. | b196 |
1761-mar-24 | Arrived to Cadiz with Soberano (70). | b196 |
1761-apr-14 | Left Cadiz under Adm. Hevia's fleet Soberano (70), Tigre (70), Asia (60), Vencedor (70) & Conquistador (60) with troops.1 | b196 |
1761-may-00 | All arrived to Puerto Rico, leaving 150 troops. | b196 |
1761-jun-00 | All arrived to Santiago de Cuba, leaving 225 troops. | b196 |
1761-jun-27 | All but Conquistador (60) arrived to La Habana with the 996 troops leaving.2 | |
1762-jun-06 | At La Habana blocked by british fleet. | |
1762-jun-09 | Set nearby Regla & Guanabacoa inlets, inside La Habana's bays, firing british troops at La Cabaña. | |
1762-jun-25 | Left the inlets and moved inside the bay to avoid british land cannons from La Cabaña. | |
1762-jul-31 | Assault and bombing of El Morro fortification under british hands. | |
1762-aug-11 | Captured by the british at the surrender of La Habana. |
1762-jun-06 | 2nd Battle of La Habana |
(1) All the ships transported troops but Conquistador carried mercury (azogues) to Veracruz, detaching from the fleet at cape San Antonio, Cuba, before arriving to La Habana.
(2) From the 1,429 troops that left Cadiz, 68 died during the trip to La Habana.
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