HMS Santa Margarita (1779)
A sketch by Nicholas Pocock of HMS Santa Margarita whilst at Cork in 1796
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 Spain
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| Name: | Santa Margarita |
| Launched: | 1774 |
| Captured: | 11 November 1779, by the Royal Navy |
 Great Britain
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| Name: | HMS Santa Margarita |
| Acquired: | 11 November 1779 |
| Fate: | Sold on 8 September 1836 |
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| 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) |
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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.
Santa Margarita was built at Ferrol in 1774. In the Action of 11 November 1779 Captain Alex Graeme of HMS Tartar brought her to battle off Lisbon and captured her. She was taken into Royal Navy service by an Admiralty Order of 16 March 1780; she was then repaired and refitted at Sheerness between February 1780 and June 1781.
Santa Margarita was commissioned in March 1781 under Captain Elliot Salter, who sailed her to North America where she formed part of George Johnstone's squadron in June 1781. On 29 July 1782 she captured the 36-gun Amazone off Cape Henry, but the next day the squadron under Vaudreuil intervened, recapturing Amazone.
Two months later, on 30 September, Santa Margarita captured the American privateer Hendrick.
Santa Margarita was repaired at Bucklers Hard between 1790 and 1793, followed by a period fitting out at Portsmouth.
Santa Margarita was recommissioned under Captain Eliab Harvey in 1793, and sailed to the Leeward Islands in December that year. She then formed part of the fleet in the West Indies under John Jervis, and was present at the capture of Martinique in February 1794. By August 1794 she was in Sir John Borlase Warren's squadron, and was present at the destruction of the Volontaire on the Penmarks on 23 August 1794, and the capture of the Espion and the destruction of the Alerte in Audierne Bay on that day.
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