| 
View
 

HCMS San Jose (1719)

Page history last edited by ManuBlasco 14 years, 8 months ago

San Jose, 52/56

Conde de Tolosa

San Josefh

Tolosa


 

Details

Former Toulouse
Nationality Bought
Ordered    
Started    
Named    
Launched 1703  
Shipyard Toulon  
Plans Francois Coulomb
Constructor Francois Coulomb ?
Decks 2  
Rate 4th Rates  
Crew 500 ?
In Service 1719-mar-08  
Out Service 1724-aug-24  
Fate Wrecked  

 

 

Dimensions

Units Lenght Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Source
Codos 75' 65' 20' 1/4 8' 1/2 752 Tn. s1
Meters 43.10 37.36 11.64 4.88 - 1,142 m3 (s1)
Burgos ft. 150' 40' 17' 752 Tn. b01
Meters 43.10 - 11.49 4.88 - 1,142 m3 (b01)

 

 

Armament

Guns Date LGD lbs UGD lbs C lbs Broadside Source
56 1719 24 18 22 12 10 8 388 lbs (190 kg.) s1
52 17?? 24 18 22 12 6 3 357 lbs. (175 kg.) ?

 

 

 

Commanders

1724-jul-03 1724-aug-24
Captain D. Sebastian de Villasennor.  

 

Service Record

1718-mm-00 Spain adquired. ?
1719-mmm-00 Spain adquired. ?
1719-mar-08 Left Cadiz alone? to Veracruz. GdM01
1719-jul-31 Left Veracruz to La Habana with gold & goods. GdM01
1719-aug-00 Arrived to La Habana.  
1719-aug-00 Left La Habana with N S de Guadalupe to Cadiz with gold & goods. GdM01
1719-nov-10 Arrive to Cadiz with N S de Guadalupe with 40,861 pesos & goods. GdM01
1719-dec-00 Left Santander to Cadiz with N S de Guadalupe, Hermione & Fidela.  
1719-dec-00 Captured a british frigate at the Gulf of Biscay.  
1719-dec-21 Action of Cape Saint Vincent  
1720-jan-02 Enterd at Cadiz with N S de Guadalupe, Hermione & Fidela.  
1724-jul-03 Left Cadiz with N S de Guadalupe to Veracruz carring 400 tones of mercury (quicksilver).  
1724-jul-00 Entered at Tenerife with N S de Guadalupe.  
1724-aug-13 Entered at Puerto Rico with N S de Guadalupe.  
1724-aug-23 Left Puerto Rico with N S de Guadalupe to Veracruz.  
1724-aug-24 Sunk off Samana Bay, Dominican Republic, due to a hurrican.1  
1724-aug-25 Only 30 from almost 600 crew survived.  

 

Actions & Battles

1719-dec-21 Action of Cape Saint Vincent

 

Notes

Former french privateer Toulouse captured by british Stirling Castle in 1711-dec-02.

Sold to D. Diego de Murga, Marquess of Montesacro in 1714.

Served between 1714-1718 as a privateer under the name of San Felipe y Santiago (aka La Tolosa).

Sold? to Spain in 1718 or early 1719 by D. Diego Murga (as payment for corso privateering or american trade?).

1 In 1977, Captain Tracy Bowden with his ship The Hickory, found & recovered parts of the ship and can be found at Museo del Hombre Dominicano and Acuario Nacional of Dominican Republic.

 

Sources

GdM01 Gazeta de Madrid (22/11/1718)
s1 UZTARIZ, Gerónimo de. "Theorica y Practica de Comercio y de Marina...", 1757. (google books)

 

Comments (0)

You don't have permission to comment on this page.