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HCMS Gallardo (1754)

Page history last edited by ManuBlasco 13 years, 10 months ago

Gallardo, 68/74

San Juan de Sahagun

Details

Nationality Spanish
Ordered    
Started    
Named 1752-jul-15 b8
Launched 1754  
Shipyard El Ferrol  
Plans Jorge Juan  
Constructor Guillermo Turner ?
Constructor Ricardo Rooth  
Constructor Jose Nicolas de Aizpurua  
Decks 2  
Rate 3rd Rates  
Class 12th Apostles  
System British  
Crew 502 s2
In Service 1754  
Out Service 1797-feb-17  
Fate Burnt  

 

Dimensions

Units Lenght Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Displacement Source
Burgos ft. 198'4" 173' 54' 25'6" 25'6"   3080 Tn. s2
Meters 55.26 48.20 15.04 7.10 7.10     (s2) 

 

Armament

Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs Broadside Source
68 1754 28 24 30 18 10 8 646 lbs (316 Kg.) ---
74 1794 28 24 30 18 16 8 670 lbs (328 Kg.) s2

 

 

 

 

Commanders

1779-mm-00 1780-mm-00 Captain D. Alberto Olaondo.  
1780-mm-00 1781-jul-22 Captain D. Jose de Zavala.  
1781-jul-23 1782-mm-00 Captain D. Francisco Morales.  
1782-mm-00 17??-mm-00 Captain D. Jose de Zavala.  
1786-mm-00   Com. D. Justo Riquelme Salafranca  s3
1792-mar-00 1793-mm-00 Captain D. Baltasar de Sesma.  
1793-feb-28 1793-aug-30 Commodore D. Fermin Sesma y Payan.  
1793-aug-31 1794-feb-14 Captain D. Enrique Macdonell.  
1794-feb-15 179?-mm-00 Commodore Francisco Delgado Valderrama.  
1794-apr-23   Captain D. Juan Antonio Salinas s2
1796-aug-04 1797-feb-17 Captain D. Gabriel Sorondo.  

 

Service Record

1761-dec-00 At El Ferrol with other 12 ships.  
1761-dec-00 Under structural repairs at El Ferrol (recorrida).  
1765-jan-00 Left El Ferrol to Rio la Plata & Montevideode with Diligente (74), a small vessels & troops.  
1765-jul-00 Arrived with Diligente (74) to Rio de Janeiro without the small vessels.  
1765-nov-02 Arrived to Montevideo with Diligente (74)?  
1766-nov-02 Left Montevideo to Spain.  
1767-mm-00 Arrived to El Ferrol?  
1779-mm-00 Patrolled Azores islands with 3 SoL & 2 frigates under Adm. Ulloa's.  
1779-mm-00 Joinned Admiral Cordoba's fleet for the 1st Channel Campaign.  
1779-oct-01 Entered at Cadiz with serious damages.  
1779-oct-00 Set to repairs at La Carraca, Cadiz.  
1779-mm-00 Joinned Langara's fleet.  
1780-jan-00 Lost from Adm. Langara's fleet with San Leandro (64) due to a storm.1  
1780-apr-28 Left Cadiz to La Habana under Solano's fleet.  
1780-aug-04 Arrived to La Habana.  
1781-apr-10 Left La Habana with Adm. Solano's fleet to Pensacola.  
1781-may-31 Entered at La Habana.  
1781-jun-00 Patrolled La Habana nearby waters under Com. Bonet's squadron.  
1781-jul-29 Left La Habana with Astuto (64), Arrogante (68), Guerrero (68), Santa Lucia (26) & over 60 merchantmen.  
1781-oct-09 Entered at Cadiz with Astuto (64), Arrogante (68), Guerrero (68), Santa Lucia (26) & merchantmen with 2,857,000 pesos.  
1782-apr-01 At Cadiz fitting under Adm. Cordoba's fleet.  
1782-mm-00 Arrived to Cartagena.  
1782-jul-06 Set to careen at Cartagena.  
1786-mm-00 At Cartagena (in ordinary?). s3
1792-mm-00 Left El Ferrol to Cartagena.  
1793-feb-28 Left Cadiz with Real Carlos (112) & Santa Florentina (34) to Cartagena.  
1793-apr-10 Arrived to Cartagena & joinned Com. Borja's squadron for the Campaign of Sardinia.  
1794-mm-00 Still under Com. Borja's squadron at the Gulf of Biscay.  
1794-apr-23 Left Cadiz. s2
1796-aug-00 At Cadiz under Solano's fleet.  
1796-aug-04 Left Cadiz to Trinidad & Cartagena de Indias, transporting 740 troops & supplies under Com. Apocada's squadron 1 b2
1796-sep-14 Arrived to Trinidad. 1  
1796-mm-00 Canceled the departure to Cartagena de Indias and stayed at Trinidad.  
1797-feb-16 Blocked at Shagaramus (Chaguaramas) bay, Trinidad by Rear Adm. Harvey's fleet.2  
1797-feb-17 Burt at Shagaramus (Chaguaramas) bay, Trinidad to avoid capture from british Adm. Harvey's blocking fleet.  

 

Notes

1 Avoiding the Battle of Cape Santa Maria on january 16th, 1780.

2Commodore Apocadas's squadron: San Vicente (80), Gallardo (74), Arrogante (74), San Damaso (74), Santa Cecilia (34) & brigs San Carlos & Galgo.

3Rear Adm. Harvey's fleet: Between 7-20 named ships & 30-40 transports with Lt. General Sir Ralph Abercromby's army of 6,750 men. More information here

 

Sources

Cesareo Fdez. Duro, "Armada Española desde la union de los reinos de Castilla y Aragon" - Tomo VIII (b61)

Agustin R. Rodriguez Gonzalez, "La Fragata en la Armada Española, 500 años de historia" (b79)

C. H. Gifford, "History of the Wars Occasioned by the French Revolution, from 1792-1816..." (google books, s1)

AGMAB, Estados de Fuerza y Vida, 2235/30 (s2)

AGMAB, Estado General de la Armada 1786. (s3)

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