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HCMS Santo Domingo (1769)

Page history last edited by ManuBlasco 13 years, 3 months ago

Santo Domingo (1st), 70-74


Details
Nationality Spanish
Ordered    
Started    
Named    
Launched 1769-feb-06  
Shipyard Guarnizo  
Plans Francisco Gautier  
Constructor Francisco Gautier
 
Decks 2  
Rate 3rd Rates  
Class Nepomuceno  
System French  
Crew    
In Service 1769-feb-06  
Out Service 1780-jan-16  
Fate Blow up  

 

Dimensions
Units Length Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Source
Burgos ft. l (m.) k (m.) b (m.) d (m.) d (m.) w (Tn.)  

 

Armament
Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs # lbs Broadside Source
70 1769 ? 24 ? 18 ? 8 ? lbs lbs (Kg.)  

 

 

Commanders

1774-aug-00 1778-mm-dd Captain D. Martin Antonio de Lastarria y Sendagorta.  
1779-mm-00 1780-jan-16 Captain D. Ignacio de Mendizabal Vildosola.  

 

Officers

 

Service Record

1770-jan-00 At El Ferrol.  
1770-jul-21 Left El Ferrol with Guerrero & Santisima Trinidad for naval testing. b6
1770-aug-09 Entered at El Ferrol with Guerrero & Santisima Trinidad from naval testing. b6
1774-aug-03 Left Cadiz to Veracruz with Astuto, Santa Maria Magdalena & Santa Rosalia (1)
1774-aug-00 Nearby Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, changed course to Montenvideo with Santa Rosalia  
1774-nov-10 Arrived to Montevideo with Santa Rosalia, N S de la Asuncion & Santa Maria Magdalena  
1778-mm-00 Campaign at Catalina Island.  
1778-jul-17 Entered at Cadiz with Monarca, San Damaso & America  
1779-jun-00 At Cadiz, under careen.  
1779-mm-00 Cruissed off waters of Portugal under Com. Langara's squadron.  
1779-jul-01 Under Com. Langara's squadron captured british brig Valiant with codfish. GdM01
1779-jul-22 Entered at Cadiz scorting british captured brig Valiant. GdM01
1779-oct-13 Joinned Langara's squadron.  
1780-jan-16 Blow up and sunk at the Battle of Cape St Maria with all the crew.  

 

Actions & Battles

1780-jan-16 Battle of Cape St Maria

 

Notes

Was the last one of the Nepomuceno Class.

(1) Some sources dated august 18th.

 

Sources (research by Santiago Gomez)

R.H.N., año 1995, nº 50, José María Blanco Núñez, "Los Jovellanos, una familia marinera".

Carlos Correa Luna, "Campaña de Brasil, antecedentes coloniales", Tomo III.

Carlos Gutiérrez de los Ríos, "Vida de Carlos III".

Juan Alsina Torrente, "Una guerra romántica, 1778-1783".

GdM01 - Gazeta de Madrid (30/07/1779)

 

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