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HCMS Soberano (1790)

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Soberano (2nd), 74

San Juan Evangelista

 

Details 
Nationality Spanish
Ordered 1789 ?
Started ?  
Named ?  
Launched 1789 ?
Launched 1790-aug-25 ?
Shipyard La Habana  
Plans Romero Landa  
Constructor    
Suplier    
Decks 2  
Rate 3rd Rates  
Class Ildefonsinos ?
System Landa  
Crew 342   
In Service 1790 b18
Out Service 1804 b18
Fate Broke up b18

 

 

Dimensions
Units Lenght Keel Beam Depth Draught Weight Source
Burgos ft.  190' 165' 52' 25' 26' 1,642 Tn. s2 
Meters 54.60 47.41 14.94 7.18 7.47 2,493 m3  (s2)

 

 

Armament
Guns Date # lbs # lbs # lbs #  lbs Broadside Source
70  1791 14 24 44 18 8 8 4 6 608 lbs (298 Kg.)  s2 
74 1792 28 24 30 18 16 8 - - 670 lbs (328 Kg.)  w2,b18

 

 

 

Commanders 

1791-mm-00   Captain D. Andrés Valderrama  s2
1793-jan-00 1794-mm-00   Captain D. Fulgencio Montemayor.  
1794-mm-00    Captain D. Juan Jose Garcia.   
1797-feb-14   Commodore D. Juan Vicente Yannez  
1799-apr-00   Captain D. Rafael Villavicencio.  

 

Service Record 

1791-jan-19 At La Habana with Minno, Asia, Castilla, Venus, Santa Bibiana & Aduana (privateer), embarked Pincesa & Naples Regts. troops s1
1791-mm-00 Left La Habana to Cadiz with Asia as his maiden trip.  
1791-apr-30 Arrived to Cadiz carring gold, silver and other goods. s2
1791-mm-00 Left Cadiz to Cartagena.  
1791-jun-00 Arrived to Cartagena and set in ordinary.  
1792-mm-00 At Cartagena in ordinary.  
1793-jan-00 Ordered to set in commission under Adm. Borja's squadron at Cartagena.  
1793-jul-00 Left Cartagena under Adm. Langara's fleet for the Campaign of Toulon.  
1793-sep-00 At Tunez under Rear Adm. Autran's squadron for diplomatic commission.  
1794-mar-00 Entered at Cartagena.  
1794-mm-00 Left to Malta for crew recruitment and buying 1,000 sailor clothes.  
1795-mar-00 Patrolling Mediterranean sea under Adm. Langara's squadron.  
1795-sep-00 Commissioned to America naval base (La Habana?)  
1796-mm-00 Captured the british merchantmen Ana.  
1797-feb-14 Battle of Cape St. Vincent, with 25 dead & 79 wounded.  
1797-mar-03 Entered at Cadiz after the battle.  
1797-mar-00 At Cadiz, blocked by Adm. Jervis' fleet, set in ordinary.  
1798-mm-00 At Cadiz, blocked by british naval forces.  
1799-may-00 Left Cadiz under Adm. Mazarredo's fleet to join Adm. Bruix's french fleet.  
1799-mm-00 Entered at Brest with the combined fleet, blocked by british fleets.  
1800-mm-00 At Brest, blocked by british naval forces.  
1801-mm-00 At Brest, blocked by british naval forces.  
1802-apr-29 Left Brest to Cadiz under Adm. Cordoba's squadron.  
1802-may-13 Arrived to Cadiz.  
1802-mm-00 Set in ordinary.  
1803-mm-00 At Cadiz in ordinary.  
1804-mm-00 Out of service and broke up at Cadiz.  

 

Battles

1797-feb-14 Battle fo Cape St. Vincent  

 

Notes

It is not listed as Ildefonsinos Class at source b84.

 

Sources (research by Santiago Gómez)

Gervasio de Artiñano y de Galdácano, "La arquietectura naval española en madera".

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

Francisco de Paula Cuadrado, "Elogio histórico del Excmo. Sr. Don Antoniode Escaño".

Pedro Sánchez Núñez, "Venturas y desventuras de un marino utrerano. José de Córdoba y Ramos".

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

Archivo General de Simancas,SGU,LEG,6845,7 (s1)

Archivo General de Marina Alvaro de Bazán, "Estados de Fuerza y Vida", leg. 2235/44 (s2).

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