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Salvador del Mundo

Salvador del Mundo

Captured

Spanish Navy, then Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateFirst rate
Guns112
WarFrench Revolutionary Wars

Service

1787–1797Salvador del Mundo
from 1797Salvador del Mundo

Captured at Cape St Vincent

112-gun three-decker, taken at Cape St Vincent and kept by the Royal Navy as a guard ship at Plymouth.

Engraving depicting the Battle of Saint Vincent in 1797, engraved by J. Baily after an oil painting by Robert Clevely (The Victory Raking the Spanish Salvador del Mundo at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797) Photo: J. Baily (engraved) and Robert Clevely (original painting), 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
BuilderReales Astilleros de Esteiro, Ferrol
Launched2 May 1787
Length56.14 m
Complement801

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

Career

Launched

2 May 1787

14 February 1797

Fate

Captured

Broken up in 1815