Spanish ship Real Carlos (1787)
Real Carlos, Alejo Berlinguero, Museo Naval de Madrid.
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| Name: | Real Carlos |
| Builder: | Havanna |
| Launched: | 4 November 1787 |
| Fate: | Destroyed in battle, Straits of Gibraltar, 1801 |
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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 |
Real Carlos was a 112-gun three-decker ship of the line built at Havanna for the Spanish Navy in 1787 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, Real Carlos served in the Spanish Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars and was destroyed with heavy loss of life during the Second Battle of Algeciras.
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, Conde de Regla, San Hermenegildo, Reina María Luisa and Príncipe de Asturias. Three of the class were captured or destroyed during the French Revolutionary Wars.
In 1793 the Real Carlos was under the command of Baltasar Sesma y Zaylorda as the flagship of Admiral Francisco de Borja. Borja led an expedition to Sardinia, capturing the islands of San Pietro Island for Spain and Sant'Antioco for France.
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