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HCMS San Francisco de Paula (1768)

Page history last edited by PBworks 15 years, 11 months ago

HCMS San Francisco de Paula (1st), 70

Details

NationalitySpanish
Ordered?
Started?
Named?
Launched1768
Launched1769b18
ShipyardLa Habana
PlansJorge Juan
Constructor
Suplier
Decks2
Rate3rd Rates
Class
SystemBritish System
Crew550(1)
In Service1769b18
Out Service1784b18,w2
FateBurnt

 

Dimensions

LenghtKeelBeamDepthDraughtWeightDisplacementSource
???

 

Armament

GunsDate#lbs#lbs#lbs#lbsFiresSource
701768?32?24?18?8?
74?32?24?18?8?w2

 

Commanders

1775-may-001776-mmm-00Captain D. Manuel de Bedoya.
1776-mmm-001782-mmm-00Captain D. Alonso de Rivas.
1783-mmm-00Captain D. Francisco Delgado.

 

Officers

1775-may-07''Commodoro's D. Antonio de Arce's flagship.

 

Service Record

1769-mmm-00At La Habana, patrolled nearby waters.
1775-apr-00Scorted merchantmen from Cadiz to Cartagena.
1775-may-07Left Cadiz under Arce's squadron to Cartagena.
1775-jun-00Left Cartagena for the Campaign of Argel under Cartejon's command.
1776-mmm-00Campaign against smugglers around Canary Islands under Mazarredo´s fleet.w2
1777-mar-00At Cadiz.
1779-jun-00First Campaign of the English Channel.
1779-dec-00At Cadiz.
1780-apr-28Left Cadiz to La Habana under Solano's fleet .
1781-apr-10Left La Habana under Solano's fleet for the Campaign of Pensacola.
1782-mar-05Left La Habana under Solano's fleet to Guarico.
1783-mmm-00At Cadiz.
1784-mmm-00Set 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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