HCMS San Francisco de Paula (1st), 70
Nationality | Spanish | |
Ordered | ? | |
Started | ? | |
Named | ? | |
Launched | 1768 | |
Launched | 1769 | b18 |
Shipyard | La Habana | |
Plans | Jorge Juan | |
Constructor | | |
Suplier | | |
Decks | 2 | |
Rate | 3rd Rates | |
Class | | |
System | British System | |
Crew | 550 | (1) |
In Service | 1769 | b18 |
Out Service | 1784 | b18,w2 |
Fate | Burnt | |
Lenght | Keel | Beam | Depth | Draught | Weight | Displacement | Source |
? | | | | ? | ? | | |
Guns | Date | # | lbs | # | lbs | # | lbs | # | lbs | Fires | Source |
70 | 1768 | ? | 32 | ? | 24 | ? | 18 | ? | 8 | ? | |
74 | | ? | 32 | ? | 24 | ? | 18 | ? | 8 | ? | w2 |
Commanders
Officers
Service Record
1769-mmm-00 | At La Habana, patrolled nearby waters. | |
1775-apr-00 | Scorted merchantmen from Cadiz to Cartagena. | |
1775-may-07 | Left Cadiz under Arce's squadron to Cartagena. | |
1775-jun-00 | Left Cartagena for the Campaign of Argel under Cartejon's command. | |
1776-mmm-00 | Campaign against smugglers around Canary Islands under Mazarredo´s fleet. | w2 |
1777-mar-00 | At Cadiz. | |
1779-jun-00 | First Campaign of the English Channel. | |
1779-dec-00 | At Cadiz. | |
1780-apr-28 | Left Cadiz to La Habana under Solano's fleet . | |
1781-apr-10 | Left La Habana under Solano's fleet for the Campaign of Pensacola. | |
1782-mar-05 | Left La Habana under Solano's fleet to Guarico. | |
1783-mmm-00 | At Cadiz. | |
1784-mmm-00 | Set on fire accidently at La Carraca. | w2 |
Battles
Notes
(1) Crew divided into 418 seamen & officers and 132 navy infantry.
Sources (research by Santiago Gomez)
Gervasio de Artiñano y Galdácano. "La arquitectura naval española".
Juan Alsina Torrente, "Una guerra romántica. 1778-1783".
Cesáreo Fernández Duro, "Armada española", Tomo VI.
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