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HCMS Catalan (1719)

Page history last edited by PBworks 15 years, 9 months ago

HCMS Catalan, 66

El Catalan

Painting of Rafael Monleon; Catalan's victory over british Mary (1719), MNM.


Details

NationalitySpanish
Ordered
Started
Named
Launched1719
ShipyardSant Feliu
PlansAntonio Gaztanneta
ConstructorBernardo Cambi
Decks2
Rate3rd Rates
ClassCambi Class
SystemSpanish System
Crew
In Service1719-jun-13
Out Service1731-feb-23GdM01
FateBroke up

 

Dimensions

LenghtKeelBeamDepthDraughtWeightDisplacementSource

 

Armament

GunsDate#lbs#lbs#lbs#lbsFiresSource
661719
64

 

Commanders

1720-feb-23Captain D. Rodrigo de Torres y Morales.
1721-jan-00Captain D. Antonio Serrano.GdM01
1723-dec-31Admiral D. Carlos Grillo's flagship.
1724-mmm-00Captain D. Antonio Serrano.?

 

Service Record

1719-jun-19Handed to the Spanish Royal Navy by the supplier Bernardo Cambi
1719-mmm-00Left San Feliu de Guixols to Cadiz.
1719-dec-00At Cadiz
1720-feb-23Left Cadiz to La Habana with Guevara's fleet, Cambi & Fidela.
1720-apr-00Fought with 2 british ships for 4 hours, making them retreat near La Habana.
1720-apr-00Entered at La Habana
1721-jan-00Left La Habana to Cadiz.GdM01
1721-feb-23Entered at Cadiz from La Habana (1) with tobacco & other goods.GdM01
1723-dec-31Left Cadiz as Grillo's flagship to Cartagena de Indias with Estrella de Mar, Hermione, Pingue Volante & 14 merchantmen.
1724-feb-27All arrived to Cartagena de Indias.
1724-mar-00Left Cartagena de Indias to Portobelo with Estrella de Mar & Pingue Volante.
1724-mar-10Fougth with 4 dutch smugglers privateer frigates, capturing one, Adriana Catalina, which served as Santa Catalina.
1724-mmm-00Stayed 5 years in the New World due to the blocking of british Vice-Admiral Francis Hosier.
1729-feb-00Entered at Cadiz with Manuel Lopez Pintado´s fleet?
1731Out of service and broke up at La Carraca, Cadiz.

 

Actions & Battles

1720-apr-00Action vs. HBMS Mary?

 

Notes

Handed to D. Francisco Fordes at Sant Feliu de Guixols, June 13th, 1719.

The date of the painting is not corresponding with the real combat day!??!

Note 1: One of the ships from Baltasar de Guevara that stayed at La Habana due to need of careen.

 

Sources

GdM01Gazeta de Madrid (04/03/1721)

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