Spanish ship Reina
Painting by Dominic Serres depicting captured Spanish warships at Havana; Reina is possibly among them | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Spain | |
| Name | Reyna |
| Launched | 1743 |
| Captured | 13 August 1762, by Royal Navy |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Reyna |
| Acquired | 13 August 1762 |
| Fate | Sold, 1772 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 70-gun ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1849 tons |
| Length | 175 ft (53.3 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 48 ft 7 in (14.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 22 ft 1 in (6.7 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 70 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
- ^ 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.