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HCMS Galicia (1750)

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Galicia (2nd), 70/74

Santiago el Mayor

 

 

Details
Nationality Spanish
Ordered    
Started    
Named    
Launched 1750 b18,w2
Shipyard La Habana  
Plans    
Constructor    
Decks 2  
Rate 3rd Rates  
Class    
System Spanish  
Crew    
In Service 1750 b18,w2
Out Service 1797 b18,w2
Fate Broke up b18,w2

 

Dimensions

 

Units Lenght Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Source
Burgos ft. 185'9" 156'3" 55' 24' 27'2"    
Meters 53.38 44.90 15.80 6.90 7.81    

 

Armament

 

Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs Broadside Source
70 1750 28  24 30  18 12  8       b18
74 1750 28  24 30  18 16  8  
     w2

 

 

Commanders

1751   Captain D. Luis de Velasco.  
1754   Captain D. Alvarez Cabreros. w2
1759   Captain D. Juan Antonio de la Colina.  
1764   Captain D. Juan de Soto.  
1779 1782-oct-20  Captain D. Juan Clavijero.  

 

Flag Officers 

1759   Admiral D. Joaquin de Aguirre's flagship.  
1759   Vice Admiral D. Pedro Stuart's flagship.  

 

Service Record 

1751-may-01 Left La Habana to Cadiz with Rayo (80).  
1751-apr-30 Arrived to Cadiz with Rayo (80).  
1754-mm-00 Transported guns from Barcelona to Cartagena.  
1759-mm-00 At Cartagena.  
1759-aug-19 Left Cartagena to Naples with Terrible (70), Atlante (70) & Soberano (70).  
1759-sep-00 Arrived to Naples with Terrible (70), Atlante (70) & Soberano (70).  
1759-oct-07 Left Naples to Barcelona with the fleet1 transporting future King of Spain, Charles III.  
1759-oct-17 Arrived to Barcelona with the fleet1 transporting future King of Spain, Charles III.  
1760-mar-00 At Cartagena.  
1761-mm-00 Left Cartagena to Mallorca for sailors recruitment.  
1761-mm-00 Arrived to Cartagena from Mallorca with sailors for the crew of Terrible (70), Atlante (70) & Soberano (70).  
1761-nov-20 Left Cadiz to Santiago de Cuba, transporting 200 dragoons troops. b196 
1762-jan-31 Arrived to Santiago de Cuba. b196 
1763-jul-00 Left Santiago de Cuba to La Habana with 8 merchantmen, troops & supplies.  
1763-jul-31 Arrived to La Habana with troops & supplies.  
1763-mmm-00 Left La Habana to Cadiz.  
1764-mmm-00 Arrived to Cadiz.  
1764-mmm-00 Set to careen & changed masts at La Carraca, Cadiz.  
1764-mmm-00 Joinned fleet to Genoa to pick up Princess Maria Luisa.  
1779-jun-00 At Cadiz, for the Campaign of British Channel with Orvilliers.  
1782-mmm-00 Campaign of blocking Gibraltar.  
1782-oct-20 Battle of Cape Spartel.  
1793-mmm-00 At El Ferrol.  
1793-mmm-00 Left El Ferrol under Commodore Melgarejo's squadron of 6 ships.  
1793-mmm-00 Left Cartagena with Admiral Borja's fleet for the Campaign of Sardinia.  
1794-mmm-00 Patrolled Viscay Bay with Commodore Melgarejo's squadron of 6 ships.  
1797-mmm-00 Out of service and broke up at Cadiz. b18,w2

 

Actions & Battles

1782-oct-20 Battle of Cape Spartel  

 

Notes

(1)

 

Sources

PARCERO TORRE, Celia María. "La pérdida de La Habana y las reformas borbónicas en Cuba, 1760-1773", 1998. (b196)

 

 

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