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Real Carlos

Real Carlos

Sunk

Spanish Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateFirst rate
Guns112 guns
WarFrench Revolutionary Wars

112-gun three-decker. In the dark of the night action in the Strait, Superb raked her and passed on; she caught fire, and San Hermenegildo took her for an enemy and fired into her. The two ships fell together and blew up.

Navío Real Carlos de la Armada Española, realizado por Alejo Berlinguero (1750-1810), museo naval de Madrid Photo: Alejo Berlinguero (1746-1805), 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

Armour

  • None
BuilderHavanna
Launched4 November 1787
Length56.14 m
Complement801

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

Career

Launched

4 November 1787

12–13 July 1801

Blew up