San Ildefonso

Captured

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Third rate
Guns	74 guns
Wars	French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars

74-gun ship, taken by Defence at Trafalgar and brought into Gibraltar.

Page of slight sketches of fighting vessels, the 'Al-de-Fonso', 1814 No. 22 of 30 (PAH3772 - PAH3801) The original drawing from which this is cropped is inscribed in the upper right 'L’Espoir – 18 going into Portsmouth harbour/Dr. 2d – 1813', and in the lower left 'Al De Fonso – Spanish man of war/g Photo: John Christian Schetky, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

74 guns (original)

28 × 24-pounder long guns on lower deck
30 × 18-pounder long guns on upper deck
10 × 8-pounder long guns on quarterdeck
6 × 8-pounder long guns on forecastle

Builder	Cartagena
Laid down	26 March 1784
Launched	22 January 1785
Commissioned	3 April 1806

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

Career

Launched

22 January 1785

Battle of Cape St Vincent

Survived

14 February 1797 · French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Trafalgar

Captured

21 October 1805 · Napoleonic Wars

Brought into Gibraltar

Fate

Captured

Broken up in July 1816