Spanish ship Conde de Regla (1786)
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| Name: | Conde de Regla |
| Builder: | Havanna |
| Launched: | 14 November 1786 |
| Fate: | Broken up Arsenal de la Carraca, 1811 |
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| Class and type: | Santa Ana-class ship of the line |
| Tonnage: | 2,112 tonnes |
| Length: | 56.14 m |
| Beam: | 15.5 m |
| Draught: | 7.37 m |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 801 |
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| Armour: | None |
Conde de Regla was a 112-gun three-decker ship of the line built at Havanna for the Spanish Navy in 1786 to plans by Romero Landa. One of the eight very large ships of the line of the Santa Ana class, also known as los Meregildos. Conde de Regla served in the Spanish Navy for three decades throughout the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, finally being sold at Ferrol in 1815. Although she was a formidable part of the Spanish battlefleet throughout these conflicts, the only major action Conde de Regla participated in was the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797.
The Santa Ana class was built for the Spanish fleet in the 1780s and 1790s as heavy ships of the line, the equivalent of Royal Navy first rate ships. The other ships of the class were the Santa Ana, Mexicano, Salvador del Mundo, Real Carlos, San Hermenegildo, Reina María Luisa and Príncipe de Asturias. Three of the class were captured or destroyed during the French Revolutionary Wars.
Conde de Regla was constructed at Havanna, funded by Pedro Romero de Terreros, Count of Regla, after whom the ship was named.
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