Spanish brig Vivo (1794)

The Spanish brig Vivo, of the Spanish Royal Navy, was launched at Cadiz in 1794 (or possibly 1788).

History
Spain
Name	Vivo
Builder	Cadiz
Launched	1794
Captured	30 September 1800
Great Britain
Name	HMS Galgo
Acquired	1800 by capture
Fate	Sold 7 September 1801
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen	21614⁄94 bm
Length	Overall: 80 ft 10+1⁄4 in (24.6 m) Keel: 60 ft 6 in (18.4 m)
Beam	25 ft 11 in (7.9 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 4 in (3.1 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	Spanish service:100 British service:67 men
Armament	Spanish service: 14 × 8-pounder guns British service: 14 × 18-pounder carronades

On 30 September 1800 HMS Fisgard captured the Spanish naval brig Vivo, of fourteen 18-pounder carronades and with a crew of 100 men. She was two days out of Ferrol and carrying dispatches and orders to America. She threw the dispatches, etc., overboard during the chase.^{[lower-alpha 1]} The Spanish brig "Vida", from Ferrol and prize to Fisgard, arrived at Plymouth on 9 October.^[3] She was immediately laid up in ordinary. The British Royal Navy named and registered her, but never commissioned her.^[1] The "Principal officers and commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered El Vroo for sale on 24 August 1801.^[4] She sold on 7 September for £865 or £860.^[1]

Notes

1. Although the letter in the London Gazette announcing the capture referred to Vivo's armament as consisting of fourteen 18-pounder carronades,^[2] other news accounts gave the armament as fourteen 8-pounder guns.

Citations

1. Winfield (2008), p. 289.
2. "No. 15301". The London Gazette. 11 October 1800. p. 1172.
3. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4004. 14 October 1800. hdl:2027/uc1.c3049070.
4. "No. 15396". The London Gazette. 11 August 1801. p. 991.

References

• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.