HMS Calpe (1800)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Calpe.
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.
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History | |
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Spain | |
Name | San José |
Launched | 1796 |
Captured | By the Royal Navy, 27 October 1800 |
General characteristics (in Spanish service) | |
Type | Polacca |
Complement | 34 seamen & 22 soldiers |
Armament | 14 guns |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Calpe |
Acquired | By capture, 27 October 1800 |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801"[1] |
Fate | Sold, 1802 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Calpe |
Owner | W. Boyd |
Acquired | By purchase |
Fate | Wrecked 1805 |
General characteristics (in British service)[2] | |
Type | Sloop-of-war |
Tons burthen | 209, or 211,[3] or 212[4] (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 26 ft 3 in (8.0 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) |
Complement | 49 seamen + 22 soldiers |
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