HCMS Oriente (1740)

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Oriente (1st), 60/64

Units	Lenght	Keel	Beam	Depth	Draught	Weight	Displacement	Source
	?		?			?

1744-feb-22		Captain D. Joaquin Manuel de Villena.
1748-mm-00		Captain D. Alvaro Cabrera.

1740-nov-22	At Cadiz, bought by royal order by the spanish navy.
1740-nov-00	At La Carraca rebuilt for military usage and renamed *Oriente*.
1741-mm-00	Finished and commissioned at Cadiz.
1744-feb-22	Battle of Cape Sicie
1744-mm-00	At Cartagena, repaired from the Battle of Cape Sicie.
1744-mm-00	Commissioned to patrol.
1746-apr-00	Finished commission.
1746-mm-00	Repaired and in commission.
1748-mm-00	At Cadiz.
1748-mar-14	Left Cadiz to Veracruz with more warships, scorting a convoy of 20-30 merchantmen.¹	B098
1748-mar-18	Action vs british ships of Cotes.	B098
1748-mm-00	Returned back to his original owner.

1744-feb-22	Battle of Cape Sicie
1748-mar-18	Action vs Cotes

Former private merchantman bought by the spanish navy to Sutton & Clonard Company.

¹ Soberbio (74), Leon (74), Oriente (70), Colorado (70), Brillante (64), Pastora (64), Rosario (60), Xavier (54) and Galga (54) (b098)

b098 - "The Navy in the 1739-1748 War", by H.W. Richmond (google books)

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