HMS Calpe (1800)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Calpe.

History
Spain
NameSan José
Launched1796
CapturedBy the Royal Navy, 27 October 1800
General characteristics (in Spanish service)
TypePolacca
Complement34 seamen & 22 soldiers
Armament14 guns
United Kingdom
NameHMS Calpe
AcquiredBy capture, 27 October 1800
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801"[1]
FateSold, 1802
United Kingdom
NameCalpe
OwnerW. Boyd
AcquiredBy purchase
FateWrecked 1805
General characteristics (in British service)[2]
TypeSloop-of-war
Tons burthen209, or 211,[3] or 212[4] (bm)
Length
  • 75 ft 4 in (23.0 m) (overall):
  • 57 ft 0 in (17.4 m) (keel)
Beam26 ft 3 in (8.0 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Complement49 seamen + 22 soldiers
Armament
  • HMS
    • 2 × long 24-pounder guns (bows)
    • 2 × long brass 18-pounder guns (stern)
    • 4 × 12 pounder & 4 × 4-pounder guns
  • Merchantman:8 × 4-pounder guns + 2 × 12-pounder guns (of the "New Construction")[4]

HMS Calpe was the former 14-gun polacca San José of the Spanish Navy, originally built in 1796 in Greece. The British captured her in 1800 and commissioned her as a sloop-of-war. She served at the Battle of Algeciras Bay before the Navy sold her in 1802. She underwent repairs and reappeared as a merchantman in the 1805 registers; however, she wrecked at the Dardanelles in 1805.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 240.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 289.
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  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference LR1805 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).