Spanish ship Reina

Painting by Dominic Serres depicting captured Spanish warships at Havana; Reina is possibly among them
History
Spain
NameReyna
Launched1743
Captured13 August 1762, by Royal Navy
Great Britain
NameHMS Reyna
Acquired13 August 1762
FateSold, 1772
General characteristics
Class & type70-gun ship of the line
Tons burthen1849 tons
Length175 ft (53.3 m) (gundeck)
Beam48 ft 7 in (14.8 m)
Depth of hold22 ft 1 in (6.7 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament70 guns of various weights of shot

Reina was a 70-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. Launched in 1743, she was captured by the British during the siege of Havana on 13 August 1762, and commissioned into the Royal Navy as the 74-gun third-rate HMS Reyna. She was sold out of the navy in 1772.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Winfield, et al., p. 130

References

  • Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
  • Winfield, Rif; Tredrea, John M; García-Torralba Pérez, Enrique & Blasco Felip, Manuel (2023). Spanish Warships in the Age of Sail 1700—1860: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-9078-1.