HCMS Santa Ana (1785)


 

HCMS Santa Ana (2nd), 112 

Santana (2nd)

 

Graphic copyright of Juan Garcia from www.todoababor.es published here under his authorization.


 

Details

 

Nationality Spanish
Ordered 1783-mar-22 b6
Started 1783-jun-00 b6
Named 1783-may-00 b6
Launched 1784-sep-29 b6
Shipyard El Ferrol Esteiro
Plans Romero Landa  
Constructors Miguel de la Puente  
Decks 3  
Rate 1st Rates  
Class Meregildos  
System Landa  
Crew 848-1,053  
In Service 1784-nov-24  
Out Service 1816  
Fate Striken  

 

Dimensions

 

Units Lenght Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Displacement Source
Burgos ft. 213'3" (61.32)   58' (16.70) 27' (7.76)   2,112 4,700 b1
Burgos ft. 210' (60.34) 185'8" (53.35) 58' (16.70) 27'6" (7.90) 29' (8.33) 2,112 4,800 w5
Burgos ft. 210' (60.34) 185'10" (53.4) 58' (16.70) 27'6" (7.90) 29' (8.33) 2,308 ? b6,84

 

Armament

 

Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs Fires Source
110 1785 30 36 32 24 30 12 18 8                 2,352 (1,151) b6
112 1785 30 36 32 24 32 12 18 8                 2,376 (1,163) b1
118 1785 30 36 32 24 30 12 20 8 6 24o             2,512 (1,230) w5
120 1805 30 36 32 24 32 12 18 8 8 24o             2,568 (1,257) b3
126 1805 30 36 32 24 32 12 10 8 10 48o 2 32o 6 24o 4 4o 3,016 (1,476) b6

 

 

Commanders

 

1784-sep-29 1787-mmm-00 Commodore D. Santiago Munnoz de Velasco. b6
1787-mmm-00 1789-mmm-00 Commodore D. Juan del Camino. b6
1789-mmm-00 1792-mmm-00 Commodore D. Francisco Javier Winthuyssen. b6
1792-mmm-00 1793-mmm-00 Captain D. Juan Antunez. b6
1793-mmm-00 1793-mmm-00 Captain D. Valero Gonzalez. b6
1793-mmm-00 179?-mmm-00 Commodore D. Andres Tacon. b6
1796-feb-18 1796-jul-00 Commodore D. Andres de Valderrama. b6
1797-jan-00 1797-mar-09 Commodore D. Andres de Valderrama. b6
1797-apr-12 1799-aug-17 Commodore D. Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros. b6
1800-jan-10 1800-jun-00 Commodore D. Pedro Ristory. b6
1800-jun-00 180?-mmm-00 Commodore D. Diego Gonzalez Guiral. b6
180?-mmm-00 1804-jan-03 Commodore D. Dionisio Alcala Galiano. b6
1805-feb-16 1807-nov-21 Captain D. Jose de Gardoqui. b6
1808-oct-06 1808-dec-27 Captain D. Miguel Orozco. b6
1809-feb-13 1810-mar-01 Captain D. Jose de Gardoqui. b6

 

Flag Officers

 

1797-mmm-00 1799-jul-00 Admiral D. Domingo Perez de Grandallana. b6
1805-feb-15 1805-jun-04 Admiral D. Ignacio Maria de Alava. b6
1805-sep-00 1805-oct-23 Admiral D. Ignacio Maria de Alava. b6

 

Service Record

 

1784-sep-29 Launched at El Ferrol. b6
1784-nov-24 Left El Ferrol to Cadiz with Santa Tecla & urcas Santa Viviana & Santa Polonia. b6
1784-dec-02 Entered at Cadiz with Santa Tecla & urcas Santa Viviana & Santa Polonia. b6
1784-dec-10 At Cadiz, by royal order was set in ordinary to modify masts tallest. b6
1785-feb-28 Left Cadiz to test masts modifications. 1 b6
1786-dec-12 By royal order, all spanish 3-deckers should be built following his plans. b6
1787-jan-16 At Cadiz, set to careen beeing the 1st ship to use this dry dock. b6
1791-jun-15 At Cadiz, set to careen & coppered. b6
1792-mmm-00 At Cadiz in ordinary. b6
1793-mmm-00 At El Ferrol, set to careen (Cadiz? or Ferrol?) b6
1796-jul-00 Set in ordinary (Cadiz? or Ferrol?) b6
1797-jan-00 At Cadiz, under Vice Adm. Gravina's fleet. b6
1797-jul-03 At Cadiz, blocked & under british naval siege. b6
1798-feb-06 Lef Cadiz under Adm. Mazarredo's fleet (22 SoL, 5 frigates & 3 brigs) after british blocking fleet (9 SoL). b6
1798-feb-13 Entered at Cadiz under Adm. Mazarredo's fleet (22 SoL, 5 frigates & 3 brigs). b6
1798-feb-17 Blocked at Cadiz by Adm. Jervis fleet (22 SoL & 6 frigates). b6
1799-may-12 Left Cadiz to assault Menorca under Adm. Mazarredo's fleet. b6
1799-may-21 Entered at Cartagena with Adm. Mazarredo's fleet due to a previous storm with damages. b6
1799-jun-00 At Cartagena, arrived french Adm. Bruix's fleet. b6
1799-jun-29 Left Cartagena under Adm. Mazarredo's fleet with Adm. Bruix's fleet to Cadiz. b6
1799-jul-11 Arrived to Cadiz the french-spanish combined fleet (43 SoL) under Adm. Mazarredo's command. b6
1799-jul-21 Left Cadiz to Brest the french-spanish combined fleet. b6
1799-jul-00 Run ashore at Rota, Cadiz, had to turn back alone to Cadiz. b6
1799-mmm-00 At Cadiz, changed keel, coppered and careened at La Carraca. b6
1800-mmm-00 At Cadiz, in ordinary. b6
1801-mmm-00 At Cadiz, in ordinary. b6
1802-mmm-00 At Cadiz, in ordinary. b6
1803-mmm-00 At Cadiz, in ordinary. b6
1804-mmm-00 At Cadiz, in ordinary. b6
1805-jan-00 At Cadiz, set in commission. b6
1805-jun-14 At La Carraca, Cadiz, set to careen. b6
1805-sep-09 At La Carraca, Cadiz, finished careen and assigned the crew from San Fulgencio. b6
1805-sep-20 Left La Carraca to the bay of Cadiz, fitted, armed & load with supplies. b6
1805-sep-30 At Cadiz bay, finished supplies, in commission. b6
1805-oct-19 Left Cadiz, under Adm. Villeneuve's combined french-spanish fleet. b6
1805-oct-21 Captured at the Battle of Trafalgar b6
1805-oct-23 Recaptured by french-spanish forces and taken into Cadiz. b6
1805-nov-07 Entered towed by frigates at Cadiz. b6
1805-nov-12 Entered at La Carraca for repairs. b6
1806-dec-09 Finished repairs and coppered. b6
1807-mmm-00 At Cadiz in ordinary, without crew. b6
1808-mmm-00 At Cadiz in ordinary, without crew. b6
1809-jan-00 At Cadiz set in commission. b6
1810-mmm-00 At Cadiz. b6
1810-sep-06 Left Cadiz to La Habana with Principe de Asturias (112) & Implacable (74) b6
1810-nov-00 Left Cadiz to La Habana with Principe de Asturias (112) & Implacable (74) b6
1811-mmm-00 At La Habana. b6
1812-mmm-00 At La Habana. b6
1813-mmm-00 At La Habana. b6
1814-mmm-00 At La Habana. b6
1815-jul-00 At La Habana, under maintenance repairs. b6
1816-mmm-00 At La Habana. b6
1816-mmm-00 Wrecked at La Habana´s harbour due to lack of careen. ?
1817-mmm-00 Wrecked at La Habana´s harbour due to lack of careen. b6
1820-sep-12 Ordered to be sold with Principe de Asturias b6
1834-oct-00 The wrecked hull still visible at the waters in front of La Habana's arsenal. b6

 

Actions & Battles

 

1805-oct-21 Battle of Trafalgar  
1808 Battle of Cadiz  

 

Notes

1 Sailed 8 knots with plain sea & light wind, and up to 10 knots with moderate wind.

 

Sources