Spanish ship Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad
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Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad, nicknamed La Real, sometimes confused with the merchant galleon Santísima Trinidad y Nuestra Señora del Buen Fin) was a Spanish first-rate ship of the line and was the largest warship in the world when launched. She originally had 112 guns; this was increased in 1795–96 to 130 guns by closing in the spar deck between the quarterdeck and forecastle, and to 136 guns around 1802 (plus 4 small guns on the poop), thus creating what was in effect a continuous fourth gundeck although the extra guns added were actually relatively small. She was the heaviest-armed ship in the world when rebuilt, and bore the most guns of any ship of the line outfitted in the Age of Sail.
For other ships with the same name, see Spanish Ship Santisima Trinidad.
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Santísima Trinidad | |
History | |
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Spain | |
Name | Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad |
Namesake | Holy Trinity |
Ordered | 23 October 1767 |
Builder | Havana, Cuba |
Laid down | October 1767 |
Launched | 20 March 1769 |
Completed | August 1769 |
Commissioned | 1 December 1769 |
Homeport | Cádiz, Spain |
Fate | Captured at Trafalgar, 21 October 1805; scuttled 22 October. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 140-gun first-rate |
Displacement | 4,950 tons |
Length | 61.3 m (201 ft) |
Beam | 16.2 m (53 ft) |
Draught | 8.02 m (26.3 ft) |
Troops | ≈140 |
Complement | 1,050 crewmen |
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