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''Bahama'' was a 74-gun
''Bahama'' took part in the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, under Commodore Dionisio Alcalá Galiano. She was part of the vanguard of the Franco-Spanish fleet, at the 6th position in the second division of the reconnaissance squadron under Admiral Gravina, and came under intense fire from British ships. ''Bahama'' suffered 75 killed and 65 wounded, among whom Galiano, who died from his wounds after a cannonball struck him.
The British captured ''Bahama'' and sailed her to Gibraltar for repairs. She then sailed to England, where she was hulked and used as a prison ship. She was scrapped in
''Militares y Navíos Españoles que participaron en Trafalgar (1)'' de Luís Aragón Martín
''Militares y Navíos Españoles que participaron en Trafalgar (2)'' de Luís Aragón Martín
Batalla de Trafalgar, página web del bicentenario
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ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...
of the Spanish Navy. She was built in Havana on plans originally drawn by Ignacio Mullan for the 64-gun , completed as a project of Gautier. She was later rebuilt as a 74-gun.
Career
In 1784, ''Bahama'' was under Captain Félix del Corral y Jaime, with Commander Francisco de la Bodega y Cuadra as first officer. She departed Havana on 5 January 1785 in the fleet under AdmiralFrancisco de Borja
Francisco de Borja y Navarro de Alpicat (1441 – 4 November 1511) was a Spanish cardinal, and the seventh of ten cardinal-nephews created by Pope Alexander VI.
Biography
Borja was born in 1441 in Xàtiva, Kingdom of Valencia, from the Aragones ...
, bound for Cadiz, where she arrived on 2 March.
On 3 June 1788, she entered drydock number 3 of Carraca arsenal for a refit and rebuilt as a 74-gun.
Battle of Trafalgar
''Bahama'' took part in the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, under Commodore Dionisio Alcalá Galiano. She was part of the vanguard of the Franco-Spanish fleet, at the 6th position in the second division of the reconnaissance squadron under Admiral Gravina, and came under intense fire from British ships. ''Bahama'' suffered 75 killed and 65 wounded, among whom Galiano, who died from his wounds after a cannonball struck him.
The British captured ''Bahama'' and sailed her to Gibraltar for repairs. She then sailed to England, where she was hulked and used as a prison ship. She was scrapped in Chatham
Chatham may refer to:
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* Chatham Islands (British Columbia)
* Chatham Sound, British Columbia
* Chatham, New Brunswick, a former town, now a neighbourhood of Miramichi
* Chatham (electoral district), New Brunswic ...
in 1814.There are some doubts as to whether the ship scrapped in Chatham was ''Bahama'', as her characteristics might not fit hers.
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''Militares y Navíos Españoles que participaron en Trafalgar (2)'' de Luís Aragón Martín
External links
Batalla de Trafalgar, página web del bicentenario
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