Spanish ship Conquestador (1755)

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Conquestador
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Bandera de Espana 1760-1785.svg Spain
NameConquestador
Launched1755
Captured13 August 1762, by Royal Navy
Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great Britain
NameHMS Conquestador
Acquired13 August 1762
FateBroken up, 1782
General characteristics [1]
Class and type60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1278 tons
Length155 ft 9 in (47.5 m) (gundeck)
Beam43 ft 3 in (13.2 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 3 in (5.9 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament60 guns of various weights of shot

Conquestador was a 60-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy, launched in 1755.

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She was captured by the Royal Navy on 13 August 1762, and commissioned as the fourth rate HMS Conquestador. She was placed on harbour service in 1775, and broken up in 1782.

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Notes

  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1. p. 178.

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