HMS Santa Margarita (1779)

Action between Amazone and HMS Santa Margarita – cutting the prize adrift, 30 July 1782
History
Spain
Name	Santa Margarita
Launched	1774
Captured	11 November 1779, by the Royal Navy
Great Britain
Name	HMS Santa Margarita
Acquired	11 November 1779
Fate	Sold on 8 September 1836
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and type	36-gun fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	992 bm
Length	145 ft 6 in (44.3 m)
Beam	38 ft 11 in (11.9 m)
Depth of hold	11 ft 9 in (3.6 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	240 (255 from 21 December 1780)
Armament	Gun deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns QD: 8 × 6-pounder guns + 8 × 18-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Santa Margarita was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had been built for service with the Spanish Navy, but was captured after five years in service, eventually spending nearly 60 years with the British.