Spanish ship San Miguel (1773)
| History | |
|---|---|
.svg){kind=small} Spain | |
| Name | San Miguel |
| Launched | 1773 |
| Captured | October 1782, by Royal Navy |
.svg){kind=small} Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS San Miguel |
| Acquired | October 1782 |
| Fate | Sold, 1791 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | 74-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1925 tons |
| Length | 176 ft (53.6 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 49 ft (14.9 m) |
| Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 74 guns of various weights of shot |
San Miguel was a 74-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy, launched in 1773.
She was captured by the Royal Navy in October 1782, during the Great Siege of Gibraltar and commissioned as the third rate HMS San Miguel.
A large number of RN ships and British Army units stationed at Gibraltar shared £30000 in bounty and prize money for the destruction of the Floating Batteries before Gibraltar on 13/14 September 1782 and the capture of the San Miguel on 11 October 1782.
She was sold out of the navy in 1791.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1. p182.
- ^ Colledge, J.J. (2003). Ships of the Royal Navy. London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 1-85367-566-0.
References
[edit]- https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=2751
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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