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HCMS San Pedro Apostol (1770)

Page history last edited by ManuBlasco 13 years, 4 months ago

San Pedro Apostol, 70/74


 

Details

Nationality Spanish
Ordered    
Started    
Named    
Launched 1770  
Shipyard El Ferrol  
Plans Francisco Gautier  
Constructor    
Decks 2  
Rate 3rd Rates  
Class    
System French  
Crew    
In Service 1770  
Out Service 1803  
Fate Broke up  

 

 

Dimensions

Units Length Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Source
Burgos ft. 196' 175'8" 51' 25' 25'6" 1,645 Tn.  

 

 

Armament

Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs Broadside Source
70 1783 28 24 30 18 12 8 3p 2 lbs (Kg.) s2
74 1770 28 24 30 18 16 8 4ob 4 lbs (Kg.) s2

 

 

 

Commanders

1778-feb-08 yyyy-mmm-dd Captain D. Jose Veanes.  
1782-jan-02 yyyy-mmm-dd Captain D. Francisco Ordonnez.  
1790-jul-00 yyyy-mmm-dd Commodore D. Antonio de Cordoba.  
1793-jul-23 yyyy-mmm-dd Captain D. Joaquin Valdes.  
1795-may-00 yyyy-mmm-dd Captain D. Angel Gonzalez.  

 

Officers

yyyy-mmm-dd yyyy-mmm-dd Rank Commander's name. source/s

 

Service Record

1778-feb-08 Left Cartagena to Cadiz and joinned there Adm. Cordoba's fleet.  
1780-mmm-00 Under Adm. Cordoba's fleet for the 1st Campaign of the English Channel.  
1781-mmm-00 Under Adm. Cordoba's fleet at the siege of Gibraltar & strait.  
1782-jan-02 Left Cadiz to La Habana under Com. Borja's squadron to reinforce Adm. Solano's fleet there.  
1782-apr-00 At Guarico, Santo Domingo.  
1790-jul-00 Left Cadiz under Adm. Bote's fleet for the Campaign of Nootka.  
1793-jul-23 Left Cartagena under Com. Gravina's squadron to join Adm. Langara's fleet for the Campaign of Toulon.  
1793-mmm-00 Sent to Veracruz for gold.  
1794-feb-13 Left La Habana to Cadiz with San Lorenzo & Ceres with 15,000,000 pesos. s01
1794-mar-29 Arrived to Cadiz with San Lorenzo & Ceres with 15,000,000 pesos.  
1794-mmm-00 Left Cadiz back to La Habana.  
1794-jul-00 Arrived to La Habana & joinned Adm. Aristizabal's squadron.  
1794-nov-00 Left La Habana to Campeche to scort Santa Rosa & 9 merchantmen.  
1794-dec-01 Entered back to La Habana, having failed his mission and lost all copper plates from starboard.  
1795-mmm-00 Left La Habana to Cadiz with Principe de Asturias, urcas Presentacion & Santa Librada & 44 merchantmen.  
1795-may-17 Arrived to Cadiz with Principe de Asturias, urcas Presentacion & Santa Librada & 44 merchantmen.  
1795-nov-11 Left Cadiz under Com. Alava's squadron to Philippines.  
1802-mm-00 At Philippines.  
1803-mm-00 Broke up and used to built a pier with his hull at Philippines.  
1804-mm-00 Broke up and used to built a pier with his hull at Philippines.  

 

Notes

Third of six ships projected by Francisco Gautier. Class??

 

Sources (research by Santiago Gomez)

Archivo General de Indias; Carta nº 345, Sección Estado, 15, N.10 (s01)

RGM, agosto 1986, E. Manera Regueyra, "La política naval española del rey Carlos III".

Archivo General de Simancas.

Manuel Marliani, "Vindicación de la Armada española".

Indalecio Núñez Iglesias y José María Blanco Núñez, "La diversión de Tolón", 2 tomos.

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

Antonio Laborda, "Viaje alrededor del globo realizado por la escuadra al mando de don Ignacio María de Álava".

AGMAB, Estados de Fuerza y Vida, leg. 2235/41 (s2)

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