Spanish ship Conquistador (1755)
![]() Ship plan of Conquistador
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Name | Conquistador |
Launched | 20 July 1758 |
Captured | 13 August 1762, by Royal Navy |
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Name | HMS Conquestador |
Acquired | 13 August 1762 |
Fate | Broken up, 1782 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class & type | 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1278 tons |
Length | 155 ft 9 in (47.5 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 43 ft 3 in (13.2 m) |
Depth of hold | 19 ft 3 in (5.9 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament | 60 guns of various weights of shot |
Conquistador was a 60-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. Launched in 1758, she was captured by the Royal Navy on 13 August 1762, and commissioned as the fourth-rate HMS Conquestador. She was placed on harbour service in 1775, and broken up in 1782.
See also
Notes
- ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1. p. 178.
References
- Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.