Spanish exploration vessel 'Vigilante' (1789)

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Vigilante
San Justo
Nominal Guns	18	3DECKS
Nationality	Spain
Operator	Armada Real
Ordered	24.7.1789	3DECKS
Named	15.12.1789	3DECKS
Launched	12.12.1789	3DECKS
How acquired	Purpose built	3DECKS
Shipyard	Cartagena - Murcia	3DECKS
Designed by	Landa RomeroSpanish Designer Ship Builder Service 1771-1791	3DECKS
Category	Unrated	3DECKS
Ship Type	Exploration Vessel	3DECKS
Captured	4.4.1806	3DECKS
Becomes	British sloop 'Spider' (1806) (16) 1806-1815 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1984
Length of Gundeck100'Spanish Codo Real55.72 (183′ 0″ Imperial)
Length of Keel92' 10"Spanish Codo Real51.2624 (168′ 4″ Imperial)
Breadth28'Spanish Codo Real15.648 (51′ 4″ Imperial)
Burthen174Ton

Armament

1789Broadside Weight = 84 Spanish libre (90.636 lbs 38.556 kg)ref:1984
Location Unknown8 Spanish 3-Pounder
Gun Deck6 Spanish 24-Pound Obús

11.7.1799Broadside Weight = 96 Spanish libre (103.584 lbs 44.064 kg)ref:1984
Location Unknown4 Spanish 6-Pounder
Location Unknown8 Spanish 3-Pounder
Gun Deck6 Spanish 24-Pound Obús

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
12.12.178952 ref:1984
11.7.1799109 ref:1984

Service History

DateEventSource
14.2.17972nd Battle of Cape St Vincent
2.1802At Santo Domingo ref:1984
4.4.1806Taken by under a battery on Punta del Corralete

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

3DECKSManuel Blasco Felip, Cy Harrison, Web Site

ref:1984Enrique García-Torralba Pérez, Book

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