Spanish ship Santa Ana (1784)

19th-century engraving of the Santa Ana
History
Spain
NameSanta Ana
Ordered3 February 1783
BuilderReales Astilleros de Esteiro, Ferrol
Laid downJune 1783
Launched28 September 1784
Commissioned28 February 1785
FateSunk, Havana, 1816
Notes
General characteristics
Class and typeSanta Ana-class ship of the line
Tonnage2,112 tonnes
Length59.5 m (195 ft)
Beam16.2 m (53 ft)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement1,102 (at Trafalgar)
Armament
  • On launch:
  • 30 × 36-pounder cannon
  • 32 × 24-pounder cannon
  • 32 × 12-pounder cannon
  • 18 × 8-pounder cannon
  • At Trafalgar:
  • 30 × 36-pounder cannon
  • 32 × 24-pounder cannon
  • 32 × 12-pounder cannon
  • 10 × 8-pounder cannon
  • 10 × 48-pounder obúses (howitzers)
  • 2 × 32-pounder obúses
  • 6 × 24-pounder obúses
  • 4 × 4-pounder pedreros (swivel guns)
ArmourNone

Santa Ana was a 112-gun three-decker ship of the line of the Spanish Navy, built to plans drawn by engineer Miguel de la Puente, following a specification issued by José Romero Fernández de Landa. Her actual constructor at Ferrol was Honorato Bouyón. She was the prototype and lead ship of the Santa Ana class, also known as los Meregildos, which were built during the following years at Ferrol and Havana and which formed the backbone of the Spanish Navy - the other ships were the Mejicano, Conde de Regla, Salvador del Mundo, Real Carlos, San Hermenegildo, Reina María Luisa and Príncipe de Asturias. Her dimensions were 213.4 Burgos feet (one foot = 0.2786m,[1] so ~ 59m) long, 58 feet (~ 16m) in the beam and a total tonnage of 2,112 tonnes.

  1. ^ "Traité des mesures itinéraires anciennes et modernes". 1769.

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