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HCMS San Pablo (1771)

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San Pablo Apostol, 74

Soberano (3rd) (1814)

Details

Nationality Spanish
Ordered ?  
Started 1769-jul-27  
Named ?  
Launched 1771-mar-15  
Shipyard El Ferrol Esteiro
Plans Francisco Gautier  
Constructor    
Decks 2  
Rate 3rd Rates  
Class    
System French  
Crew 650  
In Service 1771  
Out Service 1854 w2
Fate Broke up b18
Out Service 1855-oct-  
Fate Burnt  

 

Dimensions

Units Lenght Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Source
Burgos ft. 196'4" 173' 51'4" 25'1" 25'8" 1600 Tn. s1 
Meters              

 

Armament

Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs Broadside Source
74 1790 28 24 30 18 14 8 4p 3 ? s1
74 1828 28 24 30 24 16 8     760 (372) w2

 

Commanders

1779-jun-00   Captain D. Carlos de la Villa.  
1779-nov-00   Captain D. Luis Munnoz.  
1790-mm-00   Commodore D. Francisco Millau.  
1796-sep-02 1797-mar-00 Commodore D. Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros.  
1797-apr-00 1800-jan-01 Commodore D. Luis de Villabriga y Rozas.  
1800-jan-02 1801-mm-00 Frigate Cpt. D. Ignacio de Olaeta.  
1801-dec-14   Captain D. Agustin de Figueroa.  
1805-oct-00   Commodore D. Juan Jose Martinez.  
1813-mm-00 1814-mm-00 Captain D. Antonio Vacaro.  
1823-mm-00 1823-oct-00 Captain D. Francisco Javier de Ulloa y Ramirez de Laredo.  
1828-dec-01   Captain D. Jose Maria Chacon. w2
1829-mm-00   Commodore D. Angel Laborde. ?
1829-mm-00   Commodore D. Isidro Barradas. ?
1845-mm-00   Captain D. Jose Maria de Bustillo.  
1854-mm-00   Captain D. Juan Lazaga. w2

 

Service Record

1773-mm-00 Left El Ferrol with San Pedro de Alcantara & San Gabriel.  
1779-jun-00 Under Adm. Cordova's fleet for the 1st Campaign of the English Channel.  
1780-nov-00 At Cadiz for the 1st Campaign Siege of Gibraltar.  
1781-jul-00 At Cadiz, under Adm. Cordova's for the 2nd Campaign of the English Channel.  
1782-oct-10 At Algeciras bay, suffered a storm, and is send to Malaga.  
1790-mm-00 At Cartagena for the Campaign of Nootka incident. b61
1790-mm-00 Left Cadiz under Adm. Solano's fleet for the Nootka incident.  
1796-sep-00 Under Adm. Langara's fleet at Toulon, cruisses around France & Italy coast.  
1797-feb-02 Left Cartagena under Adm. Cordova's fleet to Cadiz.  
1797-feb-14 Battle of Cape St Maria  
1797-mar-03 Entered at Cadiz with Adm. Cordova's fleet after the battle.  
1797-mar-04 At Cadiz, blocked by Adm. Jervis' fleet.  
1799-may-12 Left Cadiz under Adm. Mazarredo's fleet to join french Adm. Bruix's fleet in the Mediterranean.  
1799-mmm-00 Blocked at Brest by the british.  
1800-mmm-00 Blocked at Brest by the british.  
1801-dec-14 Left Brest under Vice Adm. Gravina's fleet to Haiti to support Adm. Villaret-Joyeouse's forces.  
1802-mmm-00 Left La Habana to Cadiz with gold.  
1802-mmm-00 Left Puerto Rico to Cadiz with Asia  
1802-may-20 Arrived to Cadiz with Asia with gold.  
1805-oct-00 At Cartagena under Com. Salcedo's squadron.  
1808-feb-00 At Cartagena under Adm. Valdes' squadron.  
1811-jul-30 Left Cadiz with Santa Lucia, scorting transports to Almeria with 6,000 soldiers.  
1811-aug-29 Left Cadiz to Alicante with 2,000,000 reales for the troops at Valencia.  
1811-oct-09 Entered back at Cadiz.  
1813-jun-02 Left Cadiz with troops & supplies to Montevideo (under siege).  
1813-sep-02 Arrived to Montevideo, Uruguay.  
1814-mmm-00 Changed his name to Soberano.  
1823-mmm-00 Left Cadiz to Canary Islands, having to return to Cadiz due to ship's need of careen.  
1823-jun-00 At Cadiz, under siege of french naval & land troops.  
1826-jan-03 Left Cadiz to La Habana scorting merchantmen with goods. w2
1826-mar-03 Arrived to La Habana. w2
1827-oct-21 Left Cadiz to La Habana with Heroe & Restauracion carring 6,000 firearms.  
1828-jan-00 Arrived with Heroe & Restauracion to La Habana.  
1828-aug-00 At La Habana with Guerrero and Restauracion?  
1828-mmm-00 Looked up after Congreso Mexicano at the Caribbean. w2
1828-dec-01 At La Habana. w2
1829-jul-05 Left La Habana to Mexico with Restauracion, Lealtad, Santa Casilda & 4,000 soldiers.  
1829-jul-27 Failed first one, finally, disembarked troops at Cabo Rojo, Mexico.  
1829-mmm-00 At La Habana, D. Juan Jose Lerena presents a land & sea telegraph. w2
1830-mmm-00 Left La Habana to El Ferrol.  
1830-mmm-00 At El Ferrol.  
1834-mmm-00 At El Ferrol in very bad state.  
1834-jun-00 Repaired and set to sail to La Habana to replace Heroe  
1840-mmm-00 At La Habana.  
1845-mmm-00 At Barcelona due to the presence of Queen of Spain.  
1845-dec-00 Commmissioned again to La Habana department.  
1846-mmm-00 Patrolled La Habana nearby waters protecting spanish trade.  
1854-sep-06 Suffered a storm nearby Bermudas Islands. w2
1854-oct-16 Entered at Santiago de Cuba without mast due to storm damages.  
1854-oct-17 Due to damages is left at Santiago de Cuba's bay.  
1854-mmm-00 Due to damages from the storm is out of service and broke up at La Habana. w2
1855-oct-00 Accientaly burnt at Santiago de Cuba. ?
1856-jan-00 At Santiago de Cuba, used as hospital hull with his former name of San Pablo.  

 

Battles

1797-feb-14 Battle of Cape St Maria

 

Notes

San Pablo 74, Angel de la Guarda 74, San Francisco de Asis 74, San Ildefonso 74, Firme 74, Atlante 74, Terrible 74, Guerrero 74, San Fulgencio 64, Sta Florentina 34, Perla 34, Mahonesa 34, Soledad 34 y Tartaro 18 (balandra).

 

Sources (research by Santiago Gomez)

RHN, año 2002, nº 78, José Ignacio González-Aller Hierro, "Origen e identificación de algunos modelos de barcos del Museo Naval"

RHN, año 2002, nº 79, Álvaro de la Piñera y Jacqueline Thiers, "La construcción naval en España durante el siglo XVIII".

RHN, año 1990, nº 28, Antonio Egea López, "Ángel Laborde, comandante del apostadero de La Habana".

AGI, Estado, 81,N.76.

AHN, Consejos, 20237, EXP.4.

RGM, noviembre de 1992, Misceánea.

RGM, agosto 1949, Carlos Vila, "Apuntes para la historia de la Marina de Isabel II. La guerra civil".

RGM, enero 1958, Juan Llabres, "La chistera del comandante del Soberano".

Cesáreo Fernández Duro, "Disquisiciones náuticas", Tomo V.

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

Enrique Cárdenas de la Peña, "Semblanza marítima del México Independiente y Revolucionario", Secretaría de Marina, México, 1970.

Jacobo de la Pezuela, "Ensayo histórico de la isla de Cuba"

AGMAB, "Estados de Fuerza y Vida", leg. 2235/41

 

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