Spanish ship San Miguel (1773)
San Miguel was a 74-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy, launched in 1773.
| History | |
|---|---|
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Spain | |
| Name | San Miguel |
| Launched | 1773 |
| Captured | October 1782, by Royal Navy |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Great Britain | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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.[2]
Notes
- Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1. p182.
- Colledge, J.J. (2003). Ships of the Royal Navy. London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 1-85367-566-0.
References
- https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=2751
- 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.
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