 Painting by Dominic Serres depicting captured Spanish warships at Havana; Infante is possibly among them | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Spain | |
| Name | Infante |
| Builder | Havana |
| Laid down | 3 June 1748 |
| Launched | 20 June 1750 |
| Commissioned | 15 August 1751 |
| Captured | 13 August 1762, by Royal Navy |
 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Infanta |
| Acquired | 13 August 1762 |
| Fate | Sold, 1775 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type | Ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1918 tons |
| Length | 171 ft 6 in (52.3 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 51 ft 3 in (15.6 m) |
| Depth of hold | 22 ft 7 in (6.9 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 70 guns of various weights of shot |
Infante was a 70-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. She was one of a class of three ships ordered in 1748 to a specification laid down by Ciprian Autran, and was designed and built at Havana by Pedro de Torres. Infante was laid down on 3 June 1748 and launched on 20 June 1750. She and her sister ships Galicia and Princesa were commissioned on 15 August 1751, and left Havana with the 80-gun Rayo on 1 March 1752 as a squadron under the overall command of Squadron Commander Francisco Ponce de Leon, arriving at Cádiz on 30 April. [2] During the siege of Havana, she was captured by the British on 13 August 1762, and commissioned into the Royal Navy as the third-rate HMS Infanta. She was decommissioned and sold in 1775.[ citation needed ]
