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HCMS Espanna (1757)

Page history last edited by ManuBlasco 13 years, 11 months ago

Espanna (1st), 68

Santiago la Espanna

Details  
Nationality Spanish
Ordered    
Started    
Named    
Launched 1757-jun-01  
Shipyard Cadiz  
Plans Jorge Juan  
Constructor Mateo Mullan  
Decks 2  
Rate 3rd Rates  
Class    
System British  
Crew 422-560  
In Service 1757-jun-01  
Out Service 1807/1809  
Fate Broke up  

 

Dimensions

Units Length Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Source
Burgos ft. 171' 153'6" 45'2" 22'7" 20'8" 1,190 Tn. s1
Meters 47.64 42.77 12.58 6.29 5.76 1,807 m3 (s1) 
Burgos ft. 180' 141' 49'9" 23'5" - - s2
Meters 51.72 40.52 14.30 6.73 - - (s2)

 

Armament

Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs Broadside (lbs/kg) Source
62 1758 26 24 28 12 2 8 6 6 --- --- --- --- 506 (248) s1 
68 1785 26 24 28 12 14 8 --- --- --- --- --- --- 536 (262)  s2
68 1794 26 24 28 12 14 8 2o 4 2o 3 --- --- 543 (266) s1
64 1794 26 24 28 12 10 8 --- --- --- --- --- --- 520 (255) s1
84 1805 26 24 28 18 10 8 10 24c 6 30o 4 4o 822 (403)  

 

 

 

Commanders

1758-jun-04   Captain D. Francisco Maria de Spinola  
1760-mm-00   Captain D. Juan de Soto  
1768-dec-22   Captain D. Felipe Montes.  
1776-may-08   Captain D. Jose de Urrutia.  
1785-may-30 1785-jul-20 Captain D. Adrian Valcarcel   
1795-may-00   Captain D. Miguel de Orozco.  
1805-jan-16   Captain D. Bernardo Munnoz.  

 

Officers flagship

1761-mm-00 1761-mm-00 Admiral D. Carlos Reggio. GdM02
1766-mm-dd 1767-mm-dd Commodore Idiaquez GdM01

 

Service Record

1758-apr-00 Entered at El Ferol from Cadiz after patrolled Capes St. Vincent & St. Maria with Castilla (64)  
1758-jun-04 At El Ferrol with Castilla (64) s1
1760-jun-29 Left Cadiz to La Habana.  
1761-may-03 Left Veracruz to La Habana with Dragon (64), Mercurio? Jupiter (22) & 7 merchantmen. GdM02
1761-jun-29 Arrived to La Habana with Dragon (64), Mercurio?, Jupiter (22) & 7 merchantmen. GdM02
1761-jul-13 Left La Habana to Cadiz with Dragon (64), Mercurio? Jupiter (22) & 9 merchantmen1 GdM02
1761-sep-12 Entered at Cadiz with Dragon (64), Mercurio? Jupiter (22) & 7 merchantmen2 with 8,640,755 gold & silver pesos and goods. GdM02
1762-jan-00 At Cadiz with other 12 SoL.  
1763-nov-00 At Cadiz.  
1765-feb-24 Left Cadiz to Veracruz with San Carlos (80), Castilla (64) & 12 merchantmen with supplies & mercury.  
1765-may-15 Arrived to Veracruz with San Carlos (80), Castilla (64) & 12 merchantmen with supplies & mercury.  
1766-nov-19 Left Veracruz with San Carlos (80) & Castilla (64)  
1766-dec-14 Entered at La Habana with San Carlos (80) & Castilla (64)  
1767-jan-12 Left La Habana to Cadiz with San Carlos (80), Castilla (64) & 5-6 merchantmen.3 GdM01
1767-mar-13 Arrived to Cadiz with San Carlos (80), Castilla (64) & 5-6 merchantmen with 16,233,504 gold & silver pesos fuertes & other goods. GdM01
1768-dec-22 Left Cadiz to Veracruz with Dragon (64) & 9 merchantmen.4  
1770-apr-27 Left Veracruz to La Habana with Dragon (64)  
1770-jun-04 Left La Habana to Cadiz with Dragon (64)  
1770-jul-22 Entered at Cadiz with Dragon (64) & 15,000,000 pesos in gold & silver.  
1771-mm-00 Left to La Habana, with troops & scorting merchantmen.  
1776-may-08 Left Cadiz to Veracruz with Dragon (64) & 15 merchantmen.  
1776-jul-25 Arrived to Veracruz with Dragon (64) & 15 merchantmen.  
1777-jul-00 At Veracruz, set to maintenance repairs.  
1777-aug-00 Finished repairs.  
1778-jan-16 Left Veracruz with Dragon (64) & merchantmen San Cristobal & Victoria to La Habana.  
1778-feb-08 Joinned with San Lorenzo (70), Angel de la Guarda (74), Santa Cecilia (34) & Santa Barbara (34) in their way to La Habana.  
1778-feb-13 Entered at La Habana all together.  
1778-mar-09 Left La Habana with 3 more SoL and 2 frigates5  carring 21,960,002 pesos in gold & silver and goods.  
1778-may-20 All arrived to Santa Cruz de Tenerife.  
1778-jun-29 All arrived to Cadiz.  
1778-jul-00 Left Cadiz to El Ferrol with Dragon (64)  
1779-jun-00 1st Campaign of the English Channel.  
1779-sep-00 Finished the campaign.  
1780-mm-00 Campaign of Gibraltar.  
1781-mm-00 2nd Campaign of the English Channel.  
1782-sep-00 Blocking of Gibraltar.  
1782-oct-21 Battle of Cape Spartel  
1785-may-30 Left La Habana to Cadiz carring 3 M. in silver. s2
1785-jul-20 Arrived to Cadiz with 3 M. in silver. s2
1795-may-00 Left Cadiz with 16 merchantmen to Veracruz with troops, mercury, guns & supplies.  
1795-jun-19 Arrived to Puerto Rico.  
1795-jun-30 Left Puerto Rico to Santo Domingo.  
1795-sep-00 Left Veracruz with gold to Cadiz.  
1795-dec-00 Left Cadiz to Trieste with Venganza  
1797-mm-00 At Cadiz, blocked by Admiral Jervis, careened.  
1798-mm-00 At Cadiz, blocked by Admiral Jervis.  
1799-mm-00 At Cadiz, blocked by Admiral Jervis.  
1799-may-00 His crew is assigned among Mazarredo's fleet, before leaving Cadiz with Adm. De Bruix.  
1803-mm-00 Careened at La Carraca, Cadiz.  
1805-jan-16 Commissioned at Cadiz to depart with other 11 SoL in march to join Adm. Villeneuve's fleet at the Caribbean.  
1805-apr-10 Left Cadiz under Adm. Gravina's fleet of 6 SoL to Caribbean.  
1805-jul-22 Battle of Cape Finisterre  
1805-jul-27 Entered at Vigo.  
1805-jul-31 Entered at El Ferrol to be repaired, crew assigned to other Adm. Gravina's ships ?
1805-nov-01 At Vigo bay.  
1807-mm-00 Out service navy list, at El Ferrol. b6
1808-jun-10 Royal Order to be broke up, at El Ferrol.  
1809-mm-00 Wrecked at Vigo's bay due to lack of careen.  

 

Actions & Battles

1782-oct-21 Battle of Cape Spartel
1805-jul-22 Battle of Cape Finisterre

 

Notes

1 Joinned the below merchantmen list2 at La Habana at the departure, 2 more merchantmen, the french Dragon and San Francisco Javier.

2 Entered at Cadiz with merchantmen Constante, N S de Begonna, Santa Ana, N S de Loreto, Rayo Vizcaino, Gallardo & Placeres.

3 Entered at Cadiz with merchantmen El Buen Consejo (a.k.a. Oriflame), La Perla, La Confianza, Sueca, General Bankualbacs & N S de los Dolores (from the Guipuzcoana de Caracas Company).

4 Merchantmen Toscano, Aquiles, Neptuno, San Rafael, Pastora, Perla, Santa Ana, Jason & N S del Rosario with 6,000 quintales of mercury, 10 guns of 24 lbs & 12 of 16 lbs.

5 Dragon (64), San Lorenzo (70), Angel de la Guarda (74), Santa Cecilia (34) & Santa Barbara (34)

 

Sources

GdM01 Gazeta de Madrid (24/03/1767)
GdM02 Gazeta de Madrid (22/09/1761)
s1

AGMAB 2235/16
s2 

AGMAB 2235/43 

 

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