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San Hermenegildo

San Hermenegildo

Sunk

Spanish Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateFirst rate
Guns112 guns
WarFrench Revolutionary Wars

112-gun three-decker. In the night action in the Strait she mistook Real Carlos for a British ship, ran aboard her and caught fire, and blew up with her; about 1,700 men were lost in the two ships.

Thomas Whitcombe - The Battle of Cabareta Point July 12th 1801 Photo: Thomas Whitcombe, 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
BuilderHavana
Launched20 January 1789
Length56.14 m
Complement801

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

Career

Launched

20 January 1789

12–13 July 1801

Blew up