HMS San Josef (1797)

HMS San Josef as a gunnery training ship in Plymouth.
History
Spain
NameSan José
Ordered28 July 1781
BuilderFerrol
Laid down9 November 1782
Launched30 June 1783
CapturedBy the Royal Navy on 14 February 1797
Great Britain
NameHMS San Josef
AcquiredCaptured on 14 February 1797
ReclassifiedGunnery training ship in 1837
FateBroken up in May 1849
General characteristics
Class and type114-gun first rate ship of the line
Tons burthen2456 tons
Length
  • 194 ft 3 in (59.21 m) (gundeck)
  • 156 ft 11 in (47.83 m) (keel)
Beam54 ft 3 in (16.54 m)
Depth of hold24 ft 3.5 in (7.404 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement839
Armament
  • Lower gundeck: 32 × 32-pounder guns
  • Middle gundeck: 32 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 12-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck: 12 × 9-pounder guns
  • Forecastle: 6 × 4-pounder guns

HMS San Josef was a 114-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Originally built at Ferrol in Galicia for the Spanish Navy in 1782–83, she was captured from the Spanish Navy at the Battle of Cape St Vincent on 14 February 1797 (when she was still named in Spanish San José). In 1809 she served as the flagship of Admiral John Thomas Duckworth.[1]

  1. ^ p.13, Sconce