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Príncipe de Asturias

Príncipe de Asturias

Sunk

Spanish Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateFirst rate
Guns112
WarsFrench Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars

112-gun three-decker, Admiral Gravina's flagship at Trafalgar, where Gravina was mortally wounded. Towed into Cádiz by Thémis.

Vea la imagen en su contexto Datos bibliográficos: Título / Autor: Historia de la Marina Real Española : desde el descubrimiento de las américas hasta el combate de Trafalgar Autor Ferrer de Couto, José 1820-1877 March y Labores, José m. 1865) Más detalles: Editor Madrid : s.n. Fecha de creación , 1 Photo: Biblioteca Rector Machado y Nuñez, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

On launch

  • 30 × 36-pounder cannon
  • 32 × 24-pounder cannon
  • 32 × 12-pounder cannon
  • 18 × 8-pounder cannon

At Trafalgar

  • 30 × 12-pounder cannon
  • 6 × 8-pounder cannon
  • 14 × 48-pounder obuses (howitzers)
  • 6 × 24-pounder obuses (howitzers)

Armour

  • None
BuilderReal Astillero de La Habana, Havana
Launched28 January 1794
Length58.506 m (191 ft 11.4 in)
ComplementAt the Battle of Trafalgar, 1,141 Capture of the Rosily Squadron, 1,036

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

28 January 1794

14 February 1797 · French Revolutionary Wars

Vice-Admiral Moreno's flagship

21 October 1805 · Napoleonic Wars

Gravina's flagship; Gravina mortally wounded

Fate

Sunk

Foundered in 1814

Remains ordered to be taken to pieces on 12 September 1820