Spanish Privateer frigate 'Santa Barbara y San Antonio' (1746)

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British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
1812 Renamed "Princess Royal"
1812 Renamed "Saint George"
1819 Renamed "Barfleur"
(1762)
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Santa Barbara y San Antonio
Nominal Guns	22	ref:1900
Nationality	Spain
Operator	Private Owners
Acquired	1746	ref:1900
Home Port	Bilbao - Biscay	ref:1900
Shipyard	Unknown	ref:1900
Category	Privateer	ref:1900
Ship Type	Frigate
Captured	30.5.1747	ref:1900

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1895
Burthen250Ton

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1747180 ref:1895

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1747 - 30.5.1747Capitan de Corsarioref:1900

6 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
1746 - Contramaestreref:18951746 - Contramaestreref:18951746 - Piloto de corsarioref:18951746 - Piloto de corsarioref:18951746 - Teniente de Corsarioref:18951746 - Teniente de Corsarioref:1895

Service History

DateEventSource
13.8.1746Issued with a Letter of Marqueref:1895
c.15.5.1747

With Pedro de Barela ship, capture:

1.- Charming Peggy (180Tn), Charleston to Bristol

2.- Culloden (200 Tn), Cork to Port-mahon

GDM01
30.5.1747Taken by ref:1895

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

GDM01Authority, Book

ref:1895 Web Site

ref:1900Enrique Otero Lana, Book

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