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HCMS San Agustin (1769)

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San Agustin, 70


Details

Nationality Spanish
Ordered 1763-jun-15 b6
Started    
Named    
Launched 1768-dec-09 b6
Shipyard Guarnizo  
Plans Francisco Gautier b6
Constructor    
Supplier Manuel de Zubiria b6
Decks 2  
Rate 3rd Rates  
Class Nepomuceno  
System French  
Crew 699-705 b6
In Service 1769-jul-26 b6
Out Service 1777-apr-20  
Fate Captured
Next Santo Augustinho Returned
In Service 1777-oct-01  
Out Service 1805-oct-30 b6
Fate Burnt b6

 

Dimensions

Units Length Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Source
Burgos ft. 185' 173' 45'6" 21'4" 27'6" 1,640 Tn. b6
Meters 53.16 49.71 13.10 6.13 7.90 2,490 m3 (b6)
Burgos ft. 198'4" 173' 51' 25'6" 25'6" 1,600 Tn. s1
Meters 56.99 49.71 14.65 7.33 7.33 2,429 m3 (s1)

 

Armament

Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs Broadside Source
46 1768 16 24 22 18 8 8 422 (206) b6
70 c1770  28 24 30 18 12 8 654 (320)  
74 1788  28 24 30 18 16 8 670 (328) s1 
76 1793 28 24 30 18 14 8 2ob 3 2ob 2 - - 667 (326) s1
82 1797 28 24 30 18 16 8 4ob 24 2ob 4 2ob 3 725 (355) s1
78 1799 28 24 30 18 16 8 4ob 4 - - - - 678 (332) s1
84 1805 28 36 30 18 6 8 10ob 30 6ob 24 4ob 4 1,028 (503) b6

 

Commanders

1773-dec-15 1776-mmm-00 Commodore D. Vicente Doz y Funes  
1776-dec-14 1777-apr-20 Captain D. Jose Joaquin Fechain.  
1779-jun-12 1780-mmm-00 Commodore D. Vicente Doz y Funes  
1780-apr-28 1783-mmm-00 Captain D. Domingo Perez de Grandallana.  
1788-mmm-00 1790-mmm-00 Captain D. Fernando Reinoso.  
1791-jun-00 1791-nov-05 Captain D. Fermin de Sesma.  
1792-mmm-00 1793-mmm-00 Captain D. Antonio Meca.  
1793-feb-14 1794-feb-03 Captain D. Miguel Antonio Tacon y Foxa.  
1794-feb-04 1795-jul-22 Commodore D. Juan Maria Villavicencio.  
1795-jul-23 1796-feb-06 Captain D. Francisco Vazquez Mondragon.  
1796-oct-31 1797-jul-00 Commodore D. Juan Jose Ruiz de Apodaca y Eliza.  
1799-jan-04 1799-feb-02 Captain D. Ramon Topete.  
1799-feb-03 180?-mmm-00 Captain D. Ramon Darrac.  
1803-mmm-00 1804-mmm-00 Captain D. Antonio Pareja y Serrano de Leon.  
1804-nov-09 1805-feb-20 Captain D. Antonio Pareja y Serrano de Leon.  
1805-feb-21 1805-mar-13 Frigate Cpt. D. Blas Salcedo.  
1805-mar-14 1805-oct-30 Commodore D. Felipe Antonio Jado y Cagigal.  

 

Service Record (castellano enlace todoavante)

1769-jul-26 Left Guarnizo for naval testing.  
1769-aug-05 Entered at Guarnizo after naval testing & trainning.  
1769-mmm-00 Arrived at El Ferrol and set in ordinary, disarmed.  
1770-mmm-00 At El Ferrol, ready to depart to America with troops & supplies, but never departed.  
1771-aug-00 At El Ferrol, half careen.  
1771-mmm-00 Left El Ferrol to Cartagena.  
1771-nov-26 At Cartagena, entered & exit from the dry dock.  
1773-dec-15 Left Cartagen to El Ferrol with San Julian, San Justo, San Lorenzo & San Genaro.  
1774-jan-00 Entered with the above ships at El Ferrol.  
1776-feb-23 Set to careen at El Ferrol.  
1776-sep-00 Left El Ferrol to join at Cadiz Adm. Gaston's fleet.1  
1776-mmm-00 Left Cadiz under Gaston's fleet to Cape St. Vincent, Lisbon & Canary Islands.  
1776-mmm-00 At Cape St. Vincent, left the fleet to scort the privateer Gallardo from Lima to Cadiz.  
1776-dec-14 Left Cadiz with troops & supplies to Montevideo with Serio & Santa Gertrudis.  
1777-mar-00 Arrived to Montevideo.  
1777-mar-26 Left Montevideo with Serio & Santa Gertrudis scorting 7 merchantmen with supplies to Santa Catalina island.  
1777-apr-19 Alone, due to previous storm, encountered a portuguesse squadron of 9 ships.2  
1777-apr-20 Captured at the action versus the portuguesse squadron.  
1777-mmm-00 Entered at Rio de Janeiro, and renamad under portuguesse flag Santo Augustinho.  
1777-oct-01 Returned to the spanish royal navy by peace treaty.  
1779-mmm-00 Left Rio de Janeiro to Cadiz.  
1779-jun-00 At La Carraca, Cadiz under careen.  
1779-oct-00 Left Cadiz to patrol nearby Gibraltar.  
1779-oct-09 Joinned at sea by San Genaro & Santa Cecilia  
1779-oct-00 Joined Ulloa's fleet, days after under Langara's command.  
1779-mmm-00 Entered at Cartagena under Langara's fleet due to heavy winds.  
1779-dec-30 Left Cartagena under Langara's fleet to join Cordoba's fleet from Cadiz near Cape Santa Maria.  
1780-jan-16 Battle of Cape St Maria  
1780-jan-17 Entered at Cadiz with San Lorenzo.  
1780-apr-28 Left Cadiz under Solano's fleet scorting a convoy to La Habana.  
1780-aug-04 Entered at La Habana.  
1781-apr-10 Left La Habana under Solano's fleet for the Campaign of Pensacola.  
1781-may-11 Siege & capture of Pensacola.  
1781-may-30 Entered at La Habana from Pensacola.  
1782-mar-00 Left La Habana with other 2 ships to Guarico.  
1782-apr-00 Left Guarico to La Habana for gold.  
1782-mmm-00 At La Habana under Solano's fleet.  
1783-jun-01 Left La Habana to Cadiz under Solano's fleet carring tobacco & leathers.  
1783-jul-20 Entered at Cadiz.  
1784-mmm-00 At Cadiz in ordinary, disarmed.  
1788-may-00 Patrolled under Adm. Cordoba's squadron with San Fulgencio, San Leandro, San Francisco de Asis & San Ildefonso nearby Cadiz and compared naval properties.  
1788-jun-00 Entered back at Cadiz with the above ships.  
1788-aug-00 Left Cadiz to Cartagena with San Leandro & San Ildefonso  
1788-sep-05 Entered at Cartagena with San Leandro & San Ildefonso  
1788-sep-25 Left Cartagena for naval testing with San Sebastian, San Ildefonso, San Leandro & San Francisco de Asis.  
1788-oct-09 Entered at Cartagena from naval testing with San Sebastian, San Ildefonso, San Leandro & San Francisco de Asis.  
1788-oct-20 Left Cartagena with San Sebastian, San Leandro & Santa Florentina to cruisse Mediterranean waters.  
1788-oct-30 Arrived back to Cartagena with San Sebastian, San Leandro & Santa Florentina  
1791-jun-00 At the assault & evacuation of Oran & Mezalquivir & siege of Larache.  
1791-nov-05 Entered at Cartagena due to hull bad state, set in ordinary, assinged all crew & officiality to Gallardo  
1792-mmm-00 At Cartagena in ordinary.  
1792-nov-07 At Cartagena, set to careen and change copper.  
1792-dic-20 At Cartagena, finished careen & coppering.  
1793-jan-00 At Cartagena, ordered to set in commission under Adm. Borja's squadron.  
1793-feb-14 Left Cartagena to patrol Mediterranean waters.  
1793-may-06 Left Cartagena under Amd. Borja's squadron to San Pedro & San Antioco islands at Sardinia.  
1793-mmm-00 At Barcelona, disembark of french prisioners.  
1793-mmm-00 Patrolled waters off Provenza, supporting allied land troops there.  
1793-jul-08 Entered at Cartagana under Adm. Borja's squadron due to a tifus epidemy.  
1793-aug-09 Left Cartagena with San Rafael to join Adm. Langara's fleet actions at the waters off Catalonia.  
1793-aug-00 Left waters off Catalonia for the allied campaign of Toulon under Adm. Langara's fleet.  
1793-dec-00 Left Palma with troops to Toulon, notified of allied retreat of Toulon, joinned at sea Adm. Langara's fleet.  
1793-dec-00 Under Adm. Langara's fleet at the Mediterranean.  
1795-mar-25 At Mahon under Adm. Langara's fleet of 19 SoL & 9 frigates.  
1795-apr-17 Left Cartagena with Bahama and small vessel to Barcelona.  
1795-may-08 Arrvied to Barcelona with Bahama and small vessel, to carry french prisioners to Cadiz.  
1795-may-10 Entered at Cartagena from Barcelona with Bahama and small vessel, with french prisioners to Cadiz.  
1795-may-00 Entered at Cadiz from Cartagena with Bahama a small vessel and french prisioners.  
1795-jun-08 Left Cadiz with orders.  
1795-jun-09 Entered at Algeciras due to a broken mast.  
1795-jun-19 Entered back at Cadiz & joinned Vice Adm. Moreno's squadron to America.  
1795-mmm-00 Left Cadiz to Santander with San Francisco de Asis with troops.  
1797-feb-00 Left Cadiz scorting to Safi, Morrocco, the brig Atocha with a morrocco diplomatic & Santa Clara.  
1797-feb-13 In their way back to Cadiz with brig Atocha encountered Amd. Jervis' fleet nearby Cape St. Maria.  
1797-feb-00 Entered at Cadiz with brig Atocha avoiding Adm. Jervis' ships with the help of a heavy fog.  
1797-feb-00 Left Cadiz to El Ferrol, avoiding Com. Hood ships (2 SoL, 3 frigates & 2 brigs), entered at Vigo.  
1797-mmm-00 Left Vigo and entered at El Ferrol, avoiding british blocking of El Ferrol.  
1797-mmm-00 Set to careen & repair at El Ferrol.  
1798-mmm-00 At El Ferrol. ?
1799-jan-04 Left El Ferrol under Rear Adm. Obregron's squadron of 4 SoL & 3 frigates to Canary Islands with troops & supplies.  
1799-feb-02 Arrived to El Ferrol under Rear Adm. Obregron's squadron of 4 SoL & 3 frigates from Canary Islands.  
1799-apr-28 Left El Ferrol under Vice Adm. Melgarejo's squadron to support irish revolt.  
1799-may-07 Arrived under Vice Adm. Melgarejo's squadron to Rochefort and is blocked by british forces.  
1799-jul-02 At Rochefort under a failed attack from british blocking forces.  
1799-aug-30 Left Rochefort under Vice Adm. Melgarejo's squadron to join at Brest Amd. Mazarredo's & Bruix's combined fleet there.  
1799-sep-00 Arrived to Brest and due to a british blocking force of over 40 SoL, turnned to El Ferrol.  
1799-sep-11 Entered at El Ferrol under Vice Adm. Melgarejo's squadron.  
1800-aug-25 At El Ferrol, under Vice Adm. Moreno's squadron, failed attack of Rear Adm. John Borlase Warren's fleet.  
1801-apr-20 Left El Ferrol under Vice Adm. Moreno's squadron to Cadiz.  
1801-apr-25 Arrived to Cadiz under Vice Adm. Moreno's squadron.  
1801-jul-00 Left Cadiz to join at Algeciras Vice Adm. Linois' french fleet.  
1801-jul-12 Left Algeciras to Cadiz under Vice Adm. Moreno's & Linios combined fleet.  
1801-jul-12 2nd Battle of Algeciras.  
1802-jul-00 At El Ferrol, set in ordinary.  
1802-dec-03 Finished careen & changed copper at El Ferrol. b6,s1
1803-mm-00 At El Ferrol. ?
1804-sep-05 Ready to depart from El Ferrol with 3,000 troops to Vizcaya's revolt, but didnt. 3  
1804-dec-04 At El Ferrol, been set in commissiion.  
1805-feb-14 Finished and in commission under Vice Adm. Grandallana's fleet at El Ferrol.  
1805-aug-02 At El Ferrol, joinned Adm. Gravina's & Villenuve's combined fleet.  
1805-aug-10 Left El Ferrol with the french-spanish fleet.  
1805-aug-13 At the waters off El Ferrol, left with the french-spanish combined fleet to Cadiz.  
1805-aug-20 Arrived to Cadiz with the french-spanish combined fleet.  
1805-oct-20 Left Cadiz with the french-spanish combined fleet.  
1805-oct-21 Surrendered at the Battle of Trafalgar with 180 dead & 200 wounded.  
1805-oct-30 Set on fire by the british after saved the crew and sunk. b6

 

Actions & Battles

1777-apr-20 Action vs portuguesse.
1780-jan-16 Battle of Cape St Maria
1801-jul-12 2nd Battle of Algeciras
1805-oct-21 Battle of Trafalgar

 

Notes

Some sources give as nickname Torero and also Matamoros.

1 Rear Adm. Gaston's squadron: San Eugenio (80), Velasco (68), Oriente (68), San Francisco de Asis (70), Santa Catalina (26) & Santa Gertrudis (24)

2 Irish officer, Robert Mc Douall, serving under portuguesse flag, was in command of Santo Antonio e Sao Jose, N S do Pilar, N S dos Prazeres & 6 more ships.

3 With Monarca, Neptuno, Prueba, Venganza, Urquijo & brig Esperanza.

 

Sources (research by Santiago Gomez)

RGM, junio 1967, M. Mourelle-Lerma, "El jefe de escuadra Francisco Antonio Mourelle".

RGM, agosto 2000, Hermenegildo Franco castañón, "El desembarco inglés y el fracaso del ataque a Ferrol en agosto de 1800".

RHN, año 1990, nº 28, José Cervera Pery, "El Conde de Venadito: marino, diplomático, virrey".

Gregorio Funes, "Ensayo de la historia civil y militar del Paraguay, Buenos Aires y Tucumán", Tomo III.

Juan Alsina Torrente, "Una guerra romántica, 1778-1783".

José Octavio Sánchez-Machuca, "Diario de una campaña. Gibraltar, 1779-1783".

Antonio Ferrer del Río, "Historia del reinado de Carlos III en España", Tomo III.

Francisco Morales Padrón, "Diario de Don Francisco de Saavedra".

José Garmendia Arruebarrena, "Tomás Ruiz de Apodaca, un comerciante alavés con Indias, 1709-1767".

Cesáreo Fernández Duro, "Armada española", Tomos VII y VIII.

José Ignacio González-Aller Hierro, "La Campaña de Trafalgar. Corpus Documental". (b6)

Agustín Ramón Rodríguez González, "Trafalgar y el conflicto anglo-español en el siglo XVIII".

AGMAB, Estados de Fuerza y Vida, leg. 2235/40 (s1)

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