Spanish ship Reina María Luisa (1791)
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| Name: | Reina María Luisa |
| Builder: | Reales Astilleros de Esteiro, Ferrol |
| Launched: | 12 September 1791 |
| Renamed: | Fernando VII, 1809 |
| Fate: | Foundered off Béjaïa, 10 December 1815 |
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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 |
Reina María Luisa was a 112-gun three-decker ship of the line built at Ferrol for the Spanish Navy in 1791 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. Reina María Luisa served in the Spanish Navy for three decades throughout the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, finally being wrecked off Béjaïa in 1815. Although she was a formidable part of the Spanish battlefleet throughout these conflicts, she did not participate in any major operations.
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, Conde de Regla and Príncipe de Asturias. Three of the class were captured or destroyed during the French Revolutionary Wars. Reina María Luisa was named for Queen Maria Luisa.
An error during the construction of Reina María Luisa meant that she was given a larger keel than described in the plans, resulting in a slightly deeper draft in the stern and shallower in the bow.
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