SANTISSIMA TRINIDAD 1769
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:21 pm
Built as a First Rate on the Royal Shipyard in Havana for the Spanish Navy.
03 March 1769 launched under the name SANTÍSIMA TRINIDAD (The Most Holy Trinity), she was the 7th Spanish ship to carry that name.
Tonnage 2.153 ton. Dim. 50 x 16 x 7m. (draught)
Armament 30 – 36pdr., 32 – 24pdr., 32 – 18pdr., 26 – 8pdr. guns.
Complement ?
Building cost 400.000 pesetas.
She was designed by the Irish naval architect Mateo (Matthew) Mullan.
She was first three-decked ship-of-the-line mounting 118 guns.
1771 She had a refit, undergoing some alternations in her building design.
Then she is flagship of the Spanish Mediterranean Fleet.
From 1775 till 1783 took part in the second siege of Gibraltar during the American War of Independence 1779-1983.
1795 Her forecastle was joined to her quarterdeck by a flush upper deck, and this fourth deck was armed with eight pounder guns, she got now a total of 136 guns. In this form she was at that time the largest ship of the world.
14 February 1797 took part in the Battle of St Vincent, when she was the flagship of Don Luis de Córdoba. She came under attack of at least five British ships under which Nelson’s ship the CAPTAIN. She was total dismasted and got more as 300casualties, she struck her colours, but before the British could take possession of her the British ships had to break of the action, when new Spanish warships arrived.
SANTÍSSIMA TRINIDAD crew managed to rig jury masts and she was safely brought into Cadiz.
HMS TERPISCHORE under command of Captain Richard Brown tried to capture the battered ship before she arrived in Cadiz, but this action was not successful.
1803 After a lengthy repair, again in service.
Just before the Battle of Trafalgar her armament was increased with four howitzers.
21 October 1805 under command Francisco Javier de Uriarte y Borja, and flagship of Rear Admiral Don Baltazar de Cisneros she took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, she was attacked by a concentration of British ships, and after a heavy battle she surrendered to HMS NEPTUNE under command of Captain Thomas Fremantle.
Did have 312 men killed and 338 wounded
She was taken under tow by HMS PRINCE but during the great storm that followed the badly damaged ship sank near Cape Camarinal on 24 October 1805.
On Cuba 1980 7c and 10c sg 2654 and 2655, 1996 15c sg 4074. Guernsey 1986 29p sg 362. Marshall Islands 1997 33c sg 1091. Spain 1964 1p sg 1666.
Source: http://www.clash-of-steel.co.uk/scripts ... R01&page=3
Trafalgar and the Spanish Navy by John D Harbron. http://www.seabritain2005.com/server.ph ... WebDoc.370
03 March 1769 launched under the name SANTÍSIMA TRINIDAD (The Most Holy Trinity), she was the 7th Spanish ship to carry that name.
Tonnage 2.153 ton. Dim. 50 x 16 x 7m. (draught)
Armament 30 – 36pdr., 32 – 24pdr., 32 – 18pdr., 26 – 8pdr. guns.
Complement ?
Building cost 400.000 pesetas.
She was designed by the Irish naval architect Mateo (Matthew) Mullan.
She was first three-decked ship-of-the-line mounting 118 guns.
1771 She had a refit, undergoing some alternations in her building design.
Then she is flagship of the Spanish Mediterranean Fleet.
From 1775 till 1783 took part in the second siege of Gibraltar during the American War of Independence 1779-1983.
1795 Her forecastle was joined to her quarterdeck by a flush upper deck, and this fourth deck was armed with eight pounder guns, she got now a total of 136 guns. In this form she was at that time the largest ship of the world.
14 February 1797 took part in the Battle of St Vincent, when she was the flagship of Don Luis de Córdoba. She came under attack of at least five British ships under which Nelson’s ship the CAPTAIN. She was total dismasted and got more as 300casualties, she struck her colours, but before the British could take possession of her the British ships had to break of the action, when new Spanish warships arrived.
SANTÍSSIMA TRINIDAD crew managed to rig jury masts and she was safely brought into Cadiz.
HMS TERPISCHORE under command of Captain Richard Brown tried to capture the battered ship before she arrived in Cadiz, but this action was not successful.
1803 After a lengthy repair, again in service.
Just before the Battle of Trafalgar her armament was increased with four howitzers.
21 October 1805 under command Francisco Javier de Uriarte y Borja, and flagship of Rear Admiral Don Baltazar de Cisneros she took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, she was attacked by a concentration of British ships, and after a heavy battle she surrendered to HMS NEPTUNE under command of Captain Thomas Fremantle.
Did have 312 men killed and 338 wounded
She was taken under tow by HMS PRINCE but during the great storm that followed the badly damaged ship sank near Cape Camarinal on 24 October 1805.
On Cuba 1980 7c and 10c sg 2654 and 2655, 1996 15c sg 4074. Guernsey 1986 29p sg 362. Marshall Islands 1997 33c sg 1091. Spain 1964 1p sg 1666.
Source: http://www.clash-of-steel.co.uk/scripts ... R01&page=3
Trafalgar and the Spanish Navy by John D Harbron. http://www.seabritain2005.com/server.ph ... WebDoc.370