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List of Spanish sail frigates

Summary

This is a list of Spanish sail frigates built or acquired during the period 1700-1854

Spanish frigates generally had religious names, often the names of saints or "our Lady". Those with primarily secular names (such as royal, geographical or adjectival names) usually had additionally a religious name (Avocación or alias), which is listed below in the second column where known.

An asterisk (*) in the "Launch date" column indicates the date of acquisition (purchase or capture) for vessels not built for the Spanish Navy.

The Habsburg Era - pre 1700 edit

During the 17th century, and for much of the first half of the 18th century, the term 'frigate' (or 'fragata' in Spanish) encompassed ships with two complete gundecks rated at about 50 guns as well as smaller single-decked vessels. The smaller frigates evolved from the fast and lightly-armed vessels built chiefly on the coast of (Spanish) Flanders, and employed in the English Channel and southern North Sea, as well as escorting the trade routes from the Spanish Netherlands to the north coast of Spain.

The Early Bourbon Era - 1700 to 1750 edit

Name Avocación
(alias) 		Built at Launch
date 		No of
Guns 		Fate/notes
Nuestra Señora
de Gracia		 1710* 40
San Miguel 1712* 24
Águila de Nantes 1713* 20
Esperanza 28
Sorpresa 1714* 36
Juno 1714* 30
Tigre 1714* 30
San Fernando el Chico San Fernando
el Pequeño / Fernandillo		 1714* 24
Principe de Asturias
(despues Ynfante)		 1714* 30
Santa Isabel Reina Santa Isabel 1714* 22
San Felipe Felipillo/El Chico 1715* 24
San Juan el Chico San Juanico 1715* 30
Santa Ana Volante 24
Perla de España 40
San Francisco San Antonio de Padua 22
San Marcos 24
Galera de España 36
Victoria 40
Conde de Tolosa 40
Pingue Pintado 40
Águila Volante 30
Andalucia Baja 22
Iris 26
Júpiter 20
Peregrina 36
Tolosilla 30
Providencia 24
Sán Jose El Real Jorge 30
Rebeca 20
San Francisco Javier Hermiona 30
San Jorge 36
Selerais 30
Unicornio 24
Galera Victoria 40
Galgo de Andalucia 24 ex-HMS Greyhound (1712)
Fidela 30
Santa Rita Galera de Neptuno 30
Gusana 24
Pingue Volante 22
San Andrés 30
Santa Susana 24
Santa Teresa 20
Júpiter 20
Nuestra Señora
de Atocha		 Guarnizo 1723 30 Galley-frigate
Griega Guarnizo 1723 30 Galley-frigate
Nuestra Señora
de la Concepción		 Guarnizo 1723 30 Galley-frigate
San Esteban Apedreado 1724 40
Catalina Santa Catalina 24 ex-Dutch
Jardín de Tritón 30
Santiago Neptuno 26
Burlandín El Burlando 44
Gusana 24
Nuestra Señora
de Aránzazu		 Pasajes 1726 30
Nuestra Señora
del Rosario		 1696 44
Santa Susana 26
Neptuno 26
Santa Bárbara La Chata 1728 22
La Señora Sara 22
San Francisco Javier 1727 40
Victoria 1729 40
Galera Victoria 14 February 1729 40 wrecked 27 February 1729
Galera Victoria 12 June 1730 40 replacement for 1729 vessel;
wrecked 16 December 1738
San Cayetano 1734 * 24
Concepción 20
Hermiona 14 July 1733 50
Flora 1734 34
Triunfo San Gristóbal Havana 1735 24 Galley-frigate; captured 4 December 1739.
Astrea Santa Bárbara Havana 1737 24 Galley-frigate; captured 4 December 1739.
Santa Bárbara Estrella 1737 24
Águila Carraca August 1737 28 Galley-frigate; wrecked 1744.
Aurora Carraca 20 April 1738 28 Galley-frigate; broken up 6 January 1769.
Concepción 1738 ?
Flora Santa Rosalía Havana 31 August 1747 24 The only Spanish 'frigate' built in the 1740s was the first vessel for Spain with no apertures (e.g. oar or gun ports) along the lower deck.
Wrecked 26 January 1768.

The Middle Bourbon Era - 1750 to 1808 edit

Name Avocación
(alias) 		Built at Launch
date 		No of
Guns 		Fate/notes
(La) Galga Ferrol 1 March 1752 30 First 'true' frigate built under Jorge Juan concepts.
Sold 27 June 1764
Pena Carraca 1753 26
Júpiter Carraca 1753 22 Despatch vessel
Mercurio Carraca 1753 22 Despatch vessel
Perla Santa Isabel Reina Cartagena 24 February 1752 22 Broken up 1777.
Dorada Santa Ana Cartagena 14 February 1753 22 Fireship 1780, deleted 1783.
Esmeralda Santa Lucía Mártir Cartagena 12 May 1753 30 Enlarged from Perla Class;
fireship 1780, deleted later.
Venganza Santa Inés Carraca 4 June 1753 26
Águila Santa Maria Magdalena Carraca 15 August 1753 22
Victoria Santa Gertrudis Carraca 26 September 1753 24
Flecha Santa Saturnina Carraca 28 October 1753 22
Hermiona Santa Mónica Carraca 24 November 1753 24
Industria Santa Cristina Carraca 13 June 1755 26
Liebre Santa Catalina Carraca 26 July 1755 26
Venus Santa Brígida Carraca 5 September 1755 26
Ventura Santa Clara Carraca 21 October 1755 26
Juno Santa Cecilia Cartagena 30 August 1755 26
Palas Santa Irene Cartagena 29 November 1755 26
Astrea Santa Catalina
Virgen y Mártir		 Cartagena 29 March 1756 26
Concepción 22
Tetis Guadalupe Havana 29 January 1761 22
Fénix Santa Bárbara 1758 22
Nuestra Señora
de la Soledad		 Guarnizo 1 July 1761 30
Santa Rosa July 1767 * 22 ex-French Aguila
Santa Rosalía Cartagena 1 April 1767 30
Santa Catalina Guarnizo 12 July 1767 34
Santa Teresa Guarnizo 18 February 1768 34
Santa Bárbara Guarnizo 15 June 1768 34
Santa Gertrudis Guarnizo 12 August 1768 24
Santa Lucía Havana 31 March 1770 34
Nuestra Señora
del Rosario		 Ferrol 4 April 1770 34
Nuestra Señora
del Carmen		 Ferrol 24 November 1770 34
Santa Dorotea Cartagena 1772 26
Nuestra Señora
de la Asunción		 Ferrol 4 April 1772 34
Santa Perpetua Ferrol 31 July 1772 34
Santa María
de la Cabeza		 Ferrol 2 July 1772 34
Santa María Magdalena Ferrol 7 July 1773 34
Esmeralda 1773 26
Santa Clara Cartagena 23 April 1773 34
Santa Margarita Ferrol 23 June 1774 34 captured 11 November 1779
Santa Marta Ferrol 5 July 1774 34
Santa Dorotea Ferrol 21 December 1775 34 captured 15 July 1798
Santa Clara Ferrol 18 May 1776 34
Santa Águeda Havana 24 July 1776 30
Santa Rufina Cartagena 18 February 1777 34
Santa Leocadia Ferrol 24 March 1777 34
Santa Cecilia Havana 28 June 1777 34
Santa Mónica Cartagena 23 October 1777 34
Grana Nuestra Señora
de la Paz		 Ferrol 18 July 1778 28
Santa Matilde Havana March 1778 34
Nuestra Señora
de la O		 Havana 9 November 1778 34
Santa Escolástica Ferrol 31 March 1778 34
Winchcomb 1779 * 26
Santa Balbina 1780 * 34 ex-Helbrech
Santa Bibiana 1780 * 34 ex-Monstraut
Santa Paula 1780 * 34 ex-Geoffrey
Héroe 1780 * 26 broken up 1783
Real Jorge San Jorge 1780 * 30 ex-Royal George
Santa Clara Havana 10 July 1780 34 captured 5 October 1804
Santa María
de la Cabeza		 Havana 1781 34
Santa Sabina Ferrol 1 September 1781 40 1st Spanish 18pdr frigate;
broken up 1828
Nuestra Señora
de Loreto		 Ferrol 15 December 1781 40 2nd Spanish 18pdr frigate;
wrecked 29 May 1792
Santa Rosa Ferrol 20 May 1782 34
Nuestra Señora
del Pilar		 Ferrol 7 December 1782 40 3rd Spanish 18pdr frigate;
broken up 1817
Colón 30 ex-British mercantile Gaton
Santa Elena Ferrol 7 October 1783 40 4th Spanish 18pdr frigate;
sunk in action 26 March 1797
Santa Tecla Ferrol 5 May 1784 46
Santa Casilda Cartagena 12 March 1784 34
Santa Brígida Cartagena 5 March 1785 34
Santa María Ferrol 1785 34
Nuestra Señora
de la Paz		 Ferrol 2 August 1785 34
Nuestra Señora
de Guadalupe		 Havana 4 November 1786 34
Santa Florentina Cartagena 21 December 1786 34
Santa Teresa Ferrol 3 March 1787 34
Santa Leocadia Ferrol 2 June 1787 34
Santa Catalina Ferrol 9 December 1787 34
Nuestra Señora
de la Soledad		 Cartagena 3 May 1788 34
Nuestra Señora
de las Mercedes		 Havana 18 November 1788 34
Perla Santa Mónica Cartagena 31 July 1789 34
Nuestra Señora de Atocha Havana 14 October 1789 40
Mahonesa Santa Mónica Mahón 2 October 1789 34
Palas Santa Margareta Ferrol 14 November 1789 34
Juno Nuestra Señora
de los Dolores		 Ferrol 31 December 1789 34
Perla Santa Mónica Cartagena 31 July 1789 34
Minerva Santa Marta Havana 14 October 1790 44
Ceres Nuestra Señora
de la Almudeda		 Havana 22 October 1790 40
Preciosa Divina Pastora Carraca 18 January 1791 34
Esmeralda Santa Petronila Mahón 30 May 1791 34
Diana Santa Ana Mahón 10 March 1792 34
Tetis Santa Amalia Ferrol 6 August 1793 44
Gloria Santa Mónica Havana 1792 44
Calypso Rochefort 18 January 1793 * 34 ex-French Calypso
(launched 1785)
Sirena Santa Genoveva Rochefort 19 February 1793 * 34 ex-French Heléne
(launched 1791)
Venganza Santa Petronila Mahón 16 May 1793 34
Pomona Santa Quiteria Ferrol 25 October 1794 40
Ninfa Nuestra Señora
del Rosario		 Mahón 19 December 1794 34
Ifigenia Lorient February 1795 * 34 ex-French Iphigénie
(launched 1777)
Fama Santa Victoria Cartagena 30 May 1795 34
Flora Santa María Magdalena
de Pacís		 Ferrol 19 December 1795 44
Anfítrite Santa Úrsula Havana 1796 40
Medea Santa Bárbara Ferrol 27 December 1797 40
Proserpina Mahón 16 May 1797 34
Hermiona Bristol 27 September 1797 * 34 ex-British Hermione,
(launched 1782)
Prueba Ferrol 9 December 1801 44
Cornelia Brest 14 June 1808 * 40 ex-French Cornelie

The Final phase - 1815 to 1854 edit

The post-Napoleonic era began with the acquisition of six frigates from Russia in 1818. These proved of poor quality and were soon disposed of.

Name Built at Launch
date 		No of
Guns 		Fate/notes
Astrolabio St Petersburg 17 September 1811 44 ex-Russian Avtroil, acquired 21 February 1818
Mercurio St Petersburg 13 July 1815 44 ex-Russian Merkurii, acquired 21 February 1818
Patricio Arkangelsk 21 June 1816 44 ex-Russian Patrikii, acquired 21 February 1818;
renamed María Isabel soon after acquisition.
Captured by Chileans 20 September 1819.
Ligera St Petersburg 16 August 1816 44 ex-Russian Legkii, acquired 12 October 1818
Viva Arkangelsk 26 May 1816 40 ex-Russian Provornyi, acquired 12 October 1818
Pronta St Petersburg 16 August 1816 40 ex-Russian Pospeshnyi, acquired 12 October 1818
Aretusa Bordeaux 29 April 1819 40 Stricken 1829
Iberia Ferrol 3 March 1825 50 Stricken in December 1830
Lealtad Ferrol 19 March 1825 50 Wrecked 13 January 1834 at Santander
Restauración Ferrol 14 October 1826 50 Renamed Ville de Bilbao in 1837;
hulked in 1840
Esperanza Cavite 29 November 1834 48
Cortes Ferrol 27 July 1836 44 Stricken 21 March 1863
Isabel II Ferrol 23 September 1836 44 Hulked in May 1860
Reina María Cristina Ferrol 6 February 1837 52 Stricken 25 October 1852
Bailén Ferrol 29 March 1854 40 Stricken 21 August 1865

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