Spanish Privateer brigantine 'Santísima Trinidad y Nuestra Señora de Begoña' (1735)

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Santísima Trinidad y Nuestra Señora de Begoña
Nominal Guns	12	S001
Nationality	Spain
Operator	Private Owners
First Mentioned	23.2.1735	S001
Home Port	Havana - Cuba	S001
Shipyard	England - Great Britain	S001
Category	Privateer	S001
Ship Type	Brigantine
Transfered	12.1745	S001
Becomes	Spanish Privateer brigantine 'Avemaria' (1745) (12) 1745-1747 Spanish 12 Gun Privateer Brigantine

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:2029
Burthen235Ton

Armament

c.10.1743Broadside Weight = 24 Spanish libre (25.896 lbs 11.016 kg)ref:2050
Gun Deck12 Spanish 4-Pounder

13.10.1743Broadside Weight Unknownref:1979
Location Unknown10 Iron Guns

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1735/02/23 - 1745 OwnerS001

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
c.10.1743130 ref:2050
13.10.1743150French estimationref:1979
23.1.174575 S001

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
23.2.1735 - 1744Capitan de CorsarioS0011745 - 12.1745Capitan de Corsarioref:2094

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
23.2.1735 - 1740Teniente de Corsario TransferedS001

Service History

DateEventSource
c.23.2.1735

Sailed from Cádiz to Honduras with patache Nuestra Señora de la Concepción

ref:2030
1739

Sailed from Honduras with patache Nuestra Señora de la Concepción

ref:2030
9.2.1742/43Guinea raid
16.10.1743Took the Brigantine losing 1 killed.ref:2050
23.2.1745Attack on the British convoy in Antigua
16.3.1745Attack on the Dutch convoy
16.3.1745Took the Pink Mona strait (Puerto Rico)ref:2094

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

S001 Book

ref:1979 Archive

ref:2029Antonio García-Baquero González, Book

ref:2030 Document

ref:2050 Periodical

ref:2094Andreu Nuevo Itúrbide, Book

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