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HCMS Potencia (1723)

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HCMS Potencia, 58

Blandon

Potencias Aliadas

Details

Nationality	Spanish
Ordered
Started
Named
Launched	1724
Shipyard	Campeche
Plans
Constructor
Decks	2
Rate	4th Rates
Class
System	Spanish System
Crew
In Service	1723
Out Service	1738
Fate	Broke up

Dimensions

Lenght	Keel	Beam	Depth	Draught	Weight	Displacement	Source

Armament

Guns	Date	#	lbs	#	lbs	#	lbs	#	lbs	Fires	Source
58	1723

Commanders

1725-mmm-00		Captain D. Miguel de Sada y Antillon, Count of Clavijo.
1730-aug-00		Captain D. Ignacio Dauteville.

Service Record

1725-mmm-00	Left Cadiz with Incendio to fight smugglering at Caribbean.
1726-mmm-00	Captured dutch privateer at the Carebbean, later called San Francisco de Asis (1) under the spanish navy.
1729-feb-00	Entered at Cadiz from La Habana/Veracruz.
1729-aug-08	Left Cadiz with under Adm. Marquees del Mari squadron of 4 warships, scorting 18 merchantmen to Veracruz. (1)	GdM01
1730-aug-18	Enterd Cadiz.	?
1730-mmm-00	Left Cadiz with Incendio?
1730-mmm-00	Entered at La Habana with Incendio
1731-mmm-00	Entered at Veracruz.
1731-mmm-00	Set to careen at Veracruz.
1732-feb-00	Patroled waters off Veracruz.
1732-oct-23	Left Veracruz with 2 more ships.
1735-mmm-00	Left Veracruz.
1735-mmm-00	Returned to Veracruz.
1738-mmm-00	Out of servide due to wood sickness.

Actions & Battles

1726	Captured dutch ship in the Caribeean, later called San Francisco de Asis

Notes

The ship was a present (or by contract) given to the Spanish Navy by the Marquees of Monte Sacro.

(1) Adm. Marquees del Mari's squadron; Potencia, San Antonio, Paloma Indiana & Fama Volante.

Sources

GdM01

Gazeta de Madrid (16/08/1729)

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