HMFMS Vasco da Gama (1793)


HMFMS Vasco da Gama (1st), 80

Details

NationalityPortuguese
Ordered
Started
Named
Launched1792-dec-15b36,b76
ShipyardLisbon
Plans
ConstructorTorcato Jose Clavinab36
Decks2
Rate1st Rates
Class
System
Crew
In Service1793-may-23b36
Out Service1822b36
FateSold

 

Dimensions

UnitsLenghtKeelBeamDepthDraughtWeightDisplacementSource
179' (?)?48' (?)????b36
??????3,000?

 

Armament

GunsDateNumSizeNumSizeNumSizeNumSizeFiresSource
7617932836282442416121,972b36

 

Commanders

 

Service Record

1793Helped british fleets at the English Channel.b76
1794Helped british fleets at the English Channel.b76
1807Captured by France.
1808Repatried back to Portugal by France.
1808Tranported Portuguese Royal family to Brazil.b76
1816Campaign of Rio de la Plata & Montevideo.b76
1822Sold to Brazil.b36
1823At Brazil when independenced.b76
1825Broke up at Rio de Janeiro.

 

Actions & Battles

 

Notes

 

Sources

b036"Três séculos no mar, 1640-1910" (32 vols.), Antonio Marques Esparteiro.
b076"Catalogo dos navios brigantinos, 1640-1910", Antonio Marques Esparteiro.