HMS San Antonio (1762)
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Career (Spain) | |
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Name: | San Antonio |
Captured: | 13 August 1762, by Royal Navy |
Career (Great Britain) | |
Name: | HMS San Antonio |
Acquired: | 13 August 1762 |
Fate: | Sold, 1775 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type: | 64-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1392 tons (1414.3 tonnes) |
Length: | 159 ft 6 in (48.6 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 44 ft 6 in (13.6 m) |
Depth of hold: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: | 64 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships with the same name, see Spanish ship San Antonio and HMS San Antonio.
San Antonio was a 64-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy.
On 13 August 1762 she was captured by the Royal Navy, and commissioned as the third rate HMS San Antonio. She was sold out of the navy in 1775.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1. p178.
[edit] References
- 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.