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El Santo Cristo del Portal

32572
Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Portugalete
Nominal Guns4ref:1900
NationalitySpain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1742ref:1900
ShipyardUnknownref:1900
CategoryPrivateerref:1900
Ship TypeBarque Longue
Captured7.9.1742ref:1900

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1895
Burthen60Ton 

Armament


1742Broadside Weight = 2 Spanish libre (2.158 lbs 0.918 kg)ref:1932
Location Unknown4 Spanish 1-Pound Obús

7.1742Broadside Weight = 4 Spanish libre (4.316 lbs 1.836 kg)ref:946
Location Unknown18 Spanish Pedreros
Bow Chaser2 Spanish 4-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
174260 ref:1900

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
1742 - 7.9.1742Capitan de Corsario
Pedro de BalpardaSpanish
Ship Owner
Privateer
Service 1742
ref:1900

2 Warrant Officers


DatesRankNameSource
1742 - 7.9.1742Teniente de Corsario
Peter VermarSpanish
Privateer
Service 1742
ref:1932
6.1742 - Capitan de presas
Joseph de Burin y LeizaolaSpanish
Privateer
Service 1742
ref:1899

Service History


DateEventSource
23.4.1742Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1895
25.6.1742El Santo Cristo del Portal v Grampus
5.7.1742

Arrived at Dunkerque with 3 prizes. At Dunkirk there was a fourth prize taken on 1 July.

ref:1932
3.9.1742Sailed from Dunkerque ref:1932
7.9.1742Taken by
Kinsale (44) 1741-1762
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
1758 Renamed "Kinsale Hulk"
TGM


Notes on Ship


Privateer descriptionBG

She is a new Vessel and well found, has a Lute Stern and a Horse Head, and is rigged sometimes as a Schooner, and sometimes as a Brig, had 5 8 Men when taken, 24 of whom were French, is mounted with two Carriage Guns, and thirteen Swivels.

London Gazette Issue 8154 14-IX-1742


Nameref:946

Full name: El Santo Cristo del Portal y Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Portugal (or Portugalete) according to Enrique Otero Lana.



 
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