The San Agustín was a 74-gun ship of the line built at the royal shipyard in Guarnizo (Santander) and launched in 1768.[1]
 The Battle of Trafalgar, the boarding of the 'San Augustino' by the 'Leviathan' | |
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | San Agustín |
| Builder | Guarnizo (Santander) |
| Launched | 1768 |
| Fate | Wrecked, 22 October 1805 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 74-gun ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 2700 tons |
| Complement | 530 officers and men |
| Armament |
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She was captured by Portugal in 1776, but returned the following year.[2]
In January 1780, during the American War of Independence, she was part of a squadron of 11 of the line under command of Admiral Don Juan de Lángara left on patrol off Cape St. Vincent to intercept an expected British convoy for Gibraltar. But, when it appeared, the British fleet, under Sir George Rodney, greatly outnumbered the Spanish squadron, with 18 ships of the line. The result was the Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780), off the stormy, dark cliffs of Cape Santa María through the afternoon and evening of 16 January 1780. Six Spanish ships of the line were captured and one destroyed. The San Agustín and San Genaro were the only Spanish ships of the line to escape unscathed.
During the Napoleonic wars, she fought at the Battle of Algeciras in 1801 and the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
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