HMS Santa Margarita

Survived

Type	Frigate
Rate	Fifth rate
Guns	36 guns
War	Napoleonic Wars

36-gun frigate captured from Spain in 1779. At Cape Ortegal, where she harried the rear of the fleeing French.

Action between the Amazone and HMS Santa Margarita - cutting the prize adrift, 30 July 1782 Oil painting (framed) entitled 'Action between the Amazone and HMS Santa Margarita - cutting the prize adrift, 30 July 1782'. This painting is the second of a pair: for details see the other, which is BHC0449 Photo: Robert Dodd, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

Gun deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
QD: 8 × 6-pounder guns + 8 × 18-pounder carronades
Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns

Launched	1774
Length	145 ft 6 in (44.3 m)
Complement	240 (255 from 21 December 1780)

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

Career

Launched

1774

Battle of Cape Ortegal

Survived

4 November 1805

Fate

Survived

Sold on 8 September 1836