Spanish Fifth Rate frigate 'Santa Clara' (1780)

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Santa Clara
Nominal Guns	34	3DECKS
Nationality	Spain
Operator	Armada Real
Acquired	10.7.1780	3DECKS
Shipyard	Ferrol - Spain	3DECKS
Designed by	Francisco GautierFrench Designer Ship Builder Service 1765-1782	3DECKS
Category	Fifth Rate	3DECKS
Ship Type	Frigate	3DECKS
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	3DECKS
Captured	5.10.1804	3DECKS
Becomes	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Clara' (1804) (38) 1804-1815 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck144' 6"Imperial Feet43.8947
Length of Keel120' 2 ⅜"Imperial Feet36.5855
Breadth38' 8 ¼"Imperial Feet11.5888
Depth in Hold11' 8"Imperial Feet3.556
Burthen956 ⁸⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
7.1780290 3DECKS

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1804 - 5.10.1804Capitán de fragata3DECKS

Service History

DateEventSource
16.9.1798Took the Schooner off Cuba
25.8.1800Attack on Ferrol
1.1804Arrived in Montevideo in company with 3DECKS
9.8.1804Left Montevideo in company with , and 3DECKS
5.10.1804Captured near Cadiz3DECKS
5.10.1804Battle of Cape St Maria
5.10.1804Taken by the British at the Battle of Cape St Maria

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

3DECKSManuel Blasco Felip, Cy Harrison, Web Site

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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