British sloop 'San Leon' (1798)

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San Leon
Nominal Guns	16
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	Spanish brig 'San Leon' (1783) (16) 1783-1798 Spanish 16 Gun Unrated Brig
Captured	28.11.1798
Shipyard	Ferrol - Spain	3DECKS
Category	Unrated
Ship Type	Sloop
Sailing Rig	Brig
Sold	20.2.1800

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1984
Length of Gundeck86'Spanish Codo Real47.9656 (157′ 6″ Imperial)
Length of Keel68'Spanish Codo Real37.936 (124′ 7″ Imperial)
Breadth28'Spanish Codo Real15.648 (51′ 4″ Imperial)

Service History

DateEventSource
20.2.1800Sold without being commissionedBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

3DECKSManuel Blasco Felip, Cy Harrison, Web Site

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ref:1984Enrique García-Torralba Pérez, Book

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Posted by Tim Oakley on Saturday 30th of December 2023 03:18

22 May-mid Aug 1799 San Leon16 brig in the bay of Naples assisting allied forces ashore.

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