Spanish ship Reyna (1743)
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Career (Spain) | |
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Name: | Reyna |
Launched: | 1743 |
Captured: | 13 August 1762, by Royal Navy |
Career (Great Britain) | |
Name: | HMS Reyna |
Acquired: | 13 August 1762 |
Fate: | Sold, 1772 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type: | 74-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 1849 tons (1878.7 tonnes) |
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) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: | 74 guns of various weights of shot |
Reyna was a 74-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy, launched in 1743.
She was captured by the Royal Navy on 13 August 1762, and commissioned as the third rate HMS Reyna. She was sold out of the navy in 1772.
[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.