Spanish ship San Miguel (1773)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Spain | |
| Name | San Miguel |
| Launched | 1773 |
| Captured | October 1782, by Royal Navy |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS San Miguel |
| Acquired | October 1782 |
| Fate | Sold, 1791 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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.[1]
Citations
- ^ Colledge, Warlow & Bush, p. 380
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben & Bush, Steve (2020). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (5th revised and updated ed.). Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-9327-0.
- 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.
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