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Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad, nicknamed La Real, was a Spanish first-rate ship of the line and was the largest warship in the world when launched. She originally had 112 guns; this was increased in 1795–96 to 130 guns by closing in the spar deck between the quarterdeck and forecastle, and to 136 guns around 1802 (plus 4 small guns on the poop), thus creating what was in effect a ...
San Luis 60 (launched 26 June 1717 at Orio) - Wrecked 10 May 1720. San Fernando 60 (launched 26 June 1717 at Orio) - Scuttled 14 November 1719. San Felipe 60 (launched 26 July 1717 at Orio) San Carlos 60 (launched 1717 at Orio) - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape Passaro 11 August 1718, BU c. 1731.
General characteristics. Armament. 36 guns. Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (Our Lady of Mercy in English, a title of the Virgin Mary) was a Spanish Navy frigate which was sunk by the British off the south coast of Portugal on 5 October 1804 during the Battle of Cape Santa Maria.
The Spanish Armada was the fleet that attempted to escort an army from Flanders as a part the Habsburg Spanish invasion of England in 1588, was divided into ten "squadrons" (escuadras) [1] The twenty galleons in the Squadrons of Portugal and of Castile, together with one more galleon in the Squadron of Andalucia and the four galleasses from Naples, constituted the only purpose-built warships ...
Age of Sail ships of Spain — ships designed, built, or operated by Spain during the Age of Sail (c. 1570s–1860s).
The Maritime Museum of Barcelona (Catalan: Museu Marítim de Barcelona, MMB) is located in the building of Drassanes Reials de Barcelona, the royal arsenal of Barcelona, dedicated to shipbuilding between the thirteenth century and eighteenth century. The first mention of these arsenals date from 1243 in a document indicating the boundaries of ...
List of battleships of Spain. Illustration of the dreadnought España in 1912. In the latter half of the 19th century, the Spanish Navy had built a series of ironclad warships that culminated in the barbette ship Pelayo in the 1880s. Following the destruction of much of the Spanish fleet in the Spanish–American War in 1898, Spain slowly began ...
The Early Bourbon Era - 1700 to 1750. Galley-frigate; captured 4 December 1739. Galley-frigate; captured 4 December 1739. Galley-frigate; wrecked 1744. Galley-frigate; broken up 6 January 1769. The only Spanish 'frigate' built in the 1740s was the first vessel for Spain with no apertures (e.g. oar or gun ports) along the lower deck.