Spanish ship San Miguel (1773)

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Career (Spain) Spanish Navy Ensign
Name: San Miguel
Launched: 1773
Captured: October 1782, by Royal Navy
Career (Great Britain) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS San Miguel
Acquired: October 1782
Fate: Sold, 1791
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: 74-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1925 tons (1955.9 tonnes)
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, and commissioned as the third rate HMS San Miguel. She was sold out of the navy in 1791.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1. p182.

[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.