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Spanish ship San Miguel (1773)

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History
Spanish Navy EnsignSpain
NameSan Miguel
Launched1773
CapturedOctober 1782, by Royal Navy
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameHMS San Miguel
AcquiredOctober 1782
FateSold, 1791
General characteristics [1]
Class and type74-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1925 tons
Length176 ft (53.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam49 ft (14.9 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament74 guns of various weights of shot

San Miguel was a 74-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy, launched in 1773.

She was captured by the Royal Navy in October 1782, during the Great Siege of Gibraltar and commissioned as the third rate HMS San Miguel.

A large number of RN ships and British Army units stationed at Gibraltar shared £30000 in bounty and prize money for the destruction of the Floating Batteries before Gibraltar on 13/14 September 1782 and the capture of the San Miguel on 11 October 1782.

She was sold out of the navy in 1791.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1. p182.
  2. ^ Colledge, J.J. (2003). Ships of the Royal Navy. London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 1-85367-566-0.

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