Castilla | 12780 |
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| Nominal Guns | 60 |
| Nationality | Spain |
| Operator | Armada Real |
| Ordered | 6.1736 |
| Acquired | 13.6.1737 |
| First Commissioned | 1738 |
| Shipyard | Havana - Cuba
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| Constructor | |
| Category | Fourth Rate |
| Ship Type | Ship of the Line |
| Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged |
| Foundered | 1751 |
1 Ship Commander
DatesRankNameSource1739Capitán de navíoService History
DateEventSource
1739Left La Habana to Spain with Com. Pizarro's squadron.
1739Entered at El Ferrol.
12.2.1738/39Entered at La Habana from Veracruz with San Juan Bautista
15.8.1739Entered at Santander with Pizarro's squadron.
3.1739/40Left El Ferrol chassing a british frigate.
7.1740Left El Ferrol to Caribbean under Adm. Torres' squadron.
25.10.1744Left La Habana with Adm. Torres' squadron to La Corunna with 9,000,000 pesos.1
5.1.1744/45Entered at La Corunna with Glorioso
1746At El Ferrol blocked by british.
1747Lost and sunk at the Mediterranean.
1747Sunk near Veracruz due to a storm.
1748Commissioned to Pacific Sea with Europa
10.6.1750Entered at Cadiz with Europa carring 2,424,129 pesos.
1751Sunk nearby Veracruz due to a storm.
Notes on Ship
Sources (research by Santiago Gomez)
Archivo Histórico Nacional, Diversos-Colecciones, 42, N.17
RHN, año 1984, nº 4, Eulogio Zudaire Huarte, "Don Manuel de Huirior, teniente general de la Real Armada".
RHN, año 2006, nº 93, José Manuel Serrano Álvares, "Juan de Acosta y la construcción naval en La Habana (1717-1740)".
RHN, año 2006, nº 93, José Quintero González, "La Carraca y La Habana".
RGM, agosto 1987, Hugo O'Donnell y Duque de Estrada, "Jorge Juan y la defensa del Mar del Sur".
Hermenegildo Franco Castañon, "Sin perder el norte".
Antonio Béthencour Massieu, "Relaciones de España bajo Felipe V".
Didier Ozanam, "Representación del marqués de la Ensenada a Fernando VI (1751)", Cuadernos de investigación histórica, nº4, 1980. (s1)
Sources
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