HCMS Soberbio (1740)

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Soberbio (1st), 60/66

Units	Lenght	Keel	Beam	Depth	Draught	Weight	Displacement	Source
Codos (meters)	71'17" (30.10)	60' (25.90)	19'2" (7.96)	8'10" (3.67)		?	693.375 Tn.

1741-nov-27	Captain D. Juan Valdes.
1744-feb-22	Captain D. Juan Valdes.
1745-mm-00	Captain D. Francisco de la Rosa Levasor.
1748-mm-00	Captain D. Juan Valdes.
1748-mar-00	Commodore D. Juan de Egues's flagship	?
1748-mar-00	Commodore D. Francisco de Liaño's flagship.	?

1738-apr-00	Arrived to Cadiz from Guarnizo with only 130 crew.
1740-nov-22	Bought by royal order by the spanish navy and renamed *Soberbio*.
1740-nov-00	At La Carraca, rebuilt for military use, adding one more deck with 28 guns.
1741-nov-27	Captured a british frigate.
1744-feb-22	Battle of Cape Sicie
1745-mm-00	Left Cadiz to Veracruz scorting merchantman San Miguel.
1748-mar-14	Left Cadiz to Veracruz with more warships, scorting a convoy of 20-30 merchantmen.¹	B098
1748-mar-18	Action vs Cotes british warships, lossing 4-5 merchantmen from the convoy.	B098
1748-mm-00	Returned back to his original owner, after rebuilt back as merchantman.
1750-mm-00	Travelled to Carebbean as merchantman.
1752-feb-11	Entering back to Cadiz, runs ashore & wrecks after saving the cargo.

1744-feb-22	Battle of Cape Sicie
1748-mar-18	Action vs. Cotes

Former privateer San Francisco de Asis (32), (a.k.a. El Marques) merchantman.

Bought to D. Guillermo Terry, Marquess of Cañada-Terry, irish merchantman living at Cadiz.

¹ Soberbio (74), Leon (74), Oriente (70), Colorado (70), Brillante (64), Pastora (64), Rosario (60), Xavier (54) and Galga (54) (B098 )

B098 - "The Navy in the 1739-1748 War", by H.W. Richmond (google books)

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