San Agustín

Captured

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Third rate
Guns	74
Wars	American War of Independence, French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars

74-gun ship. She escaped from the Moonlight Battle, and was captured at Trafalgar and burned by the British.

The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805; 'Second Picture', the boarding of the 'San Augustino' by the 'Leviathan' This painting is inscribed by Pocock in ink 'Second Picture/ the Boarding'. The ships are identified, left to right, in pencil as 'Orion', 'Africa', 'L'Intrepide', 'Leviathan', ‘San Aug Photo: Nicholas Pocock, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

74 guns

Gundeck: 28 × 26 pdrs
Upper gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs
Quarterdeck: 16 × 8 pdrs

Builder	Guarnizo (Santander)
Launched	1768
Complement	530 officers and men

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

Career

Launched

1768

Battle of Cape St Vincent (the Moonlight Battle)

Escaped

16–17 January 1780 · American War of Independence

Escaped

Second Battle of Algeciras

Survived

12–13 July 1801 · French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Trafalgar

Captured

21 October 1805 · Napoleonic Wars

Burned by the British

Fate

Captured

Wrecked, 22 October 1805