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Yarmouth (64) 1745-1811
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1745)
Somerset (68) 1748-1778
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1748)
Santisima Trinidad (136) 1805-1805
British 136 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
(1805)
Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad (116) 1769-1805
Spanish 116 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
(1769)
Drake (14) 1798-1804
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
(1798)
Drake (14) 1798-1804
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
(1798)
Magicienne (32) 1781-1810
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1781)
L'Africaine (18) 1796-1796
French 18 Gun
Unrated Unknown
(1796)
Quebec (32) 1781-1816
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1781)
Diamond (38) 1794-1812
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
(1794)
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Princesa Class

Nationality	Spain
Nominal Guns	70
Approved	1748
Designer	Matthew MullinsBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1748-1777
Rate	Third Rate
Type	Ship of the Line
Designed Crew	558
Ships in Class	3

Design Armament	Broadside Weight = 654.00 Spanish libre (705.67 lbs 300.19 kg)		SWoA
Lower Gun Deck	28 x Spanish 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	30 x Spanish 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle	12 x Spanish 8-Pounder

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
	Ordered	Shipyard	Launched	Out of service	Fate	Gundeck Length	Length of Keel	Breadth	Depth in hold	Burthen
As Designed						171' 6"	137' 4"	51' 4"	22' 5"	1,918 ⁶⁴⁄₉₄
Infante (70) 1750-1762 Spanish 70 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line	1748	Havana - Cuba	20.6.1750	13.8.1762	Captured	171' 6"	137' 4"	51' 4"	22' 5"	1,918 ⁶⁴⁄₉₄
Galicia (70) 1750-1797 Spanish 70 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line	1748	Havana - Cuba	3.8.1750	1797	Broken Up	171' 6"	137' 4"	51' 4"	22' 5"	1,918 ⁶⁴⁄₉₄
Princessa (70) 1750-1780 Spanish 70 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line	1748	Havana - Cuba	15.9.1750	16.1.1780	Captured	171' 6"	137' 4"	51' 4"	22' 5"	1,918 ⁶⁴⁄₉₄

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

SWoAManuel Blasco Felip, Enrique García-Torralba Pérez, John Tredrea, Rif Winfield, Book

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Thursday 23rd of July 2026 13:29	keith wilkie	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Yarmouth' (1745) (64) 1745-1811 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Thursday 23rd of July 2026 13:13	keith wilkie	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Somerset' (1748) (68) 1748-1778 British 68 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Wednesday 22nd of July 2026 04:24	F.F.	British First Rate ship of the line 'Santisima Trinidad' (1805) (136) 1805-1805 British 136 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line
Wednesday 22nd of July 2026 01:36	F.F.	Spanish First Rate ship of the line 'Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad' (1769) (116) 1769-1805 Spanish 116 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line
Tuesday 21st of July 2026 16:47	Jon Miller	British sloop 'Drake' (1798) (14) 1798-1804 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop

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