| History | |
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| Name | San Antonio |
| Builder | Cartagena shipyard |
| Launched | 16 July 1785 |
| Honours and awards | |
| Fate | Sold to France, 21 May 1801 |
 France | |
| Name | Saint Antoine |
| Acquired | 21 May 1801 |
| Honours and awards | Second Battle of Algeciras |
| Captured | by Britain, 13 July 1801 |
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| Name | HMS San Antonio |
| Acquired | 13 July 1801 |
| Out of service | September 1814 |
| Fate | Sold 1828 |
| General characteristics in British service | |
| Class and type | Third-rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,700 |
| Length | 53.3 m (175 ft) |
| Beam | 14.6 m (48 ft) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 590 |
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San Antonio was a 74-gun, two-decked, third-rate ship of the line built for the Spanish Navy and launched in Cartagena in 1785. She was present under Captain Salvador Medina at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797. In August 1800 the San Antonio was at Ferrol during the Royal Navy's Ferrol Expedition failed attempt to take the town.