List of ships of the line of Spain


This is a list of Spanish ships of the line built or acquired during the period 1640-1854:
Those with 94 or more guns were three-deckers, while all the others listed were two-deckers. The Spanish term for ships of the line was navíos, but during the latter part of the Habsburg era ships continued to be designated as galeón. Those ships with secular names were additionally given an official religious name which appears below in parentheses following the secular name.
Until 1716 there was not one single Spanish Navy but several naval forces, of which the Armada del Mar Océano was the primary one but several other distinct forces existed. The Real Armada was created by the newly-established Bourbon government in 1716, but the other armadas endured for several years thereafter. During the early 1750s, the term Real Armada was replaced by Armada Española.

The later Habsburg fleet - 1640 to 1700

  • Lion de Oro 24 guns
  • San Francisco
  • Asiento del Consulado
  • Asiento de Diego de Noia
  • León Coronado 28
  • Nuestra Señora de la Concepción
  • Nuestra Señora del Buen Consejo
  • Santiago 58
  • San Miguel
  • San Joseph
  • San Pedro y San Pablo
  • San Ignacio 36
  • San Salvador 40
  • Nuestra Señora del Rosario 70
  • Nuestra Señora del Pilar 64
  • Santa Ana 54
  • Concepcion de Napoles 40
  • San Antonio de Napoles 44
  • San Bernardo 44
  • San Carlos 44
  • Santiago 80 - not recorded after 1673
  • San Joaquín 80 - not recorded after 1676
  • Santa Rosa 56 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape Passaro, 1718, BU c. 1731
  • Nuestra Señora de la Concepción y las Animas 94 guns Spain's first three-decked warship
  • Santisima Trinidad 80 guns
  • San Juan 56 - captured in August 1692
  • Nuestra Señora de la Concepción class. These two ships served as the capitana and almiranta respectively of the Armada del Mar del Sur. They were both reduced to 30 guns when substantively rebuilt in 1726-28.
  • *Santísimo Sacramento 40 - broken up in 1743
  • *Nuestra Señora de la Concepción 36 - broken up in 1744
  • San Francisco 70 - no report after 1700
  • Nuestra Señora del Rosario 42. wrecked in September 1705
  • Santa Maria de Tezanos y Las Animas 60 - foundered 14 November 1701
  • Sagrario 60
  • Santo Cristo de San Roman 50 - wrecked 31 July 1715
  • Nuestra Señora de la Almudena y San Cayetano 50 - broken up 1708
  • San José class. These two ships served as the capitana and almiranta respectively of the Armada de la Carrera de Indias.
  • *San José 60 - blown up on 8 June 1708
  • *San Joaquín 60 - captured on 7 August 1711
  • Nuestra Señora de Begoña 60 - broken up 1710
  • Nuestra Señora del Carmen 30 - lost at Vigo
  • San Juan Bautista 50 - wrecked in September 1702
  • Rubí 50 - Wrecked 1727

The Early Bourbon fleet - 1701 to 1728

  • Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe 50/58 - Wrecked 1724
  • Salvador 66
  • Porto Coeli Class, 62 guns
  • *Porto Coeli 62
  • *Santa Teresa 62
  • Nuestra Señora del Carmen y San Antonio 70
  • Nuestra Señora del Carmen 60
  • Real de Mazi 60 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape Passaro, 11 August 1718, BU c. 1731
  • Nuestra Señora de Begoña 54/70 - Stricken 1724
  • Peibo del ler San Francisco 60 - Wrecked 1716
  • Pembroke 60 - Wrecked 1718
  • Lanfranco 60 - Wrecked 1716
  • Nuestra Señora de Las Vinas 60 - Sunk 11 August 1718
  • San Pedro Class 60 gun
  • *San Pedro 60 - Wrecked 31 December 1718
  • *Santa Isabel 60 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape Passaro 11 August 1718, BU c. 1731
  • *San Juan Bautista 60 - Wrecked 26 December 1719
  • *San Luis 60 - Wrecked 10 May 1720
  • *San Fernando 60 - Scuttled 14 November 1719
  • *San Felipe 60
  • San Carlos 60 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape Passaro 11 August 1718, BU c. 1731
  • San Felipe el Real 80 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape Passaro 11 August 1718; towed as a prize to Port Mahon where blew up by accident in September 1718.
  • Hermione 50 - Stricken 1721
  • San Isidro 50 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape Passaro 11 August 1718, BU c. 1731
  • Hércules 50 - Stricken 1718
  • Príncipe de Asturias 70 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape Passaro 11 August 1718, sold to Austria 1720, who renamed her San Carlos and deployed her to Naples. BU 1733.
  • Santa Rosa Palermo 60 - Scuttled 1719
  • Victoria 60 - Scuttled 1719
  • Triunfo 60/66 - Scuttled 1719
  • Cambi 60/66 - Burnt 1725
  • Catalán 62 - Stricken 1731
  • - Burnt on stocks at Pasajes, 1719
  • - Burnt on stocks at Santoña, 1719
  • Conde de Tolosa 56/58 - Wrecked 15 October 1724
  • Conquistador 62/64 - Stricken 16 November 1728
  • San Francisco 62 - Wrecked 1739
  • Sanguineto 64 - Stricken 1730
  • Lanfranco 62 - Wrecked 1739
  • Gran Princesa de los Cielos 80 - wrecked 1 April 1726
  • Infante 60 - Wrecked 15 July 1733
  • San Foit 60 - Stricken December 1721
  • Gallo Indiano 58 - Wrecked 15 July 1733
  • Potencia 58 - Stricken 1738
  • San Esteban 50 - Stricken 1745
  • San Luis Class 62 guns
  • *San Luis 62 - Stricken 1745
  • *San Fernando 62 - Hulked 1746
  • *San Carlos 62 - Scuttled 5 April 1741
  • *San Antonio 62 - Stricken 1750
  • San Francisco Javier 50/52 - Hulked 1749
  • San Juan 54/60 - Stricken 1741
  • San Felipe 80 - Scuttled 5 April 1741 at Cartagena de Indias
  • Incendio 58 - Wrecked 1739
  • San Francisco de Asís 52 - Hulked 1735
  • Retiro 54 - Sold 1737
  • Rosa 56 - Wrecked 1736
  • Paloma Indiana 52 - Stricken 1745
  • Fuerte 60 - Sold 1739
  • Constante 64 - Wrecked 22 February 1730

The First French phase - 1729 to 1750

  • Santa Ana class, 70 guns
  • *Santa Ana 70 - Stricken 30 November 1745
  • *Reina 70 - Stricken 3 July 1743
  • Victoria 50 - Wrecked 1738
  • Santiago 60 - Stricken 29 November 1745
  • Andalucia class, 62 guns
  • *Andalucía 62 - Wrecked September 1740
  • *Santa Teresa 62 - Stricken 1 November 1743
  • *Castilla 62 - Stricken 1736
  • *Rubí 62 - Wrecked 15 October 1733
  • Hércules class, 60 guns
  • *Hércules 60 - Stricken 1749
  • *Real Familia 60 - BU 1750
  • Santa Isabel 80 - Stricken 1747
  • Galicia class, 70 guns
  • * 70 - Scuttled 5 April 1741, captured and raised by Britain, renamed Galicia Prize, scuttled 1742
  • *León 70 - taken to pieces in 1749.
  • Conquistador 62 - Scuttled 5 April 1741
  • Príncipe class, 70 guns
  • *Princesa 70 - Captured by Britain 19 April 1740, renamed Princessa, sold 1784
  • *Príncipe 70 - Stricken 11 July 1746
  • Genovés 54 - Wrecked 1740
  • Carmen 64 - BU 1764
  • Fama Volante 52 - Stricken 1740
  • Guipúzcoa 60/64 - Wrecked 25 April 1741
  • Galga 56 - Wrecked 1750
  • Real Felipe 112 - Stricken 1750
  • San Isidro 62 - Scuttled March 1742
  • Constante 64 - Sold after 1752
  • África class, 60 guns
  • *África 60 - Scuttled 1741
  • *Europa 60 - Scuttled 1762 at Havana
  • *Asia 60 - Stricken 1746
  • *América 60 - Captured by Britain at Havana 12 June 1762
  • Nueva España 70 - Sold 1752
  • Esperanza 50 - Stricken 1747
  • Dragón 64 - Scuttled 5 April 1741
  • Castilla 60 - Wrecked 1747
  • Invencible Class 70 guns
  • *Invencible 70 - Burnt 1741
  • *Glorioso 70 - Captured by Britain 19 October 1747
  • Bizarra 50 - Sold 23 March 1759 at Havana
  • Poder 66 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Toulon, 1744, recaptured and scuttled, 1744
  • Soberbio 66 - Sold 1746
  • Brillante 66 - Sold 1746
  • Neptuno 66 - Sold 1748
  • Halcón 60 - Sold 1748
  • Oriente 64 - Sold 1746
  • Ave de Gracia 50 - Sold 1744
  • Reina class, 70 guns
  • *Reina 70 - Captured by Britain 1762, same name, sold 1775
  • *Invencible 70 - Burnt 1750
  • San Felipe 70 - Stricken 14 January 1762
  • Conquistador class, 70 guns
  • *Conquistador 64 - Captured by Britain 1748
  • *Dragón 60 - Wrecked 29 May 1783
  • África class, 70 guns, ordered 1745 at Havana
  • *África 70 - Scuttled 1748
  • *Vencedor 70 - Burnt 1750
  • *Tigre 70/74 - Captured by Britain 11 August 1762, same name, sold 1784
  • Rayo class, both ordered 1 July 1747 at Havana
  • *Fénix (San Alejandro) 80 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 16 January 1780, renamed HMS Gibraltar, BU 1836
  • *Rayo (San Pedro Apostol) 80 - Reconstructed as a 100-gun three-decked ship in 1804; foundered after the Battle of Trafalgar, 23 October 1805
  • Princesa class, ordered 1747-48 at Havana
  • *Princesa 74 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 16 January 1780, renamed HMS Princessa, BU 1809
  • *Infante 70/74 - Captured by Britain 11 August 1762, renamed HMS Infanta, sold 1775
  • *Galicia 70/74 - Stricken 1797

The English phase - 1751 to 1769

Note that surviving 68-gun ships were re-rated as 70 guns in 1770 and as 74-gun ships in October 1793.
This era commenced with the recruitment of British leading shipwrights who became the principal builders at the Naval Dockyards.
  • Experimental group
  • *Fernando 64 - Wrecked 3 January 1769
  • *Septentrión 64 - Wrecked 1783
  • *Asia 64 - Scuttled 11 June 1762 at Havana
  • *África 68 - stricken 8 August 1806 and BU 1809
  • Firme class both ordered May 1752 at Cadiz, 68 guns
  • *Firme 68 - Captured by Britain 22 July 1805, retaining same name, BU 1814
  • *Aquiles 68 - Stricken 7 August 1790
  • España 58 - Stricken to BU 12 December 1807
  • Eolo class all ordered 1752 at Ferrol, 68 guns
  • *Oriente 68 - Stricken 27 September 1806
  • *Eolo 68 - Stricken 20 March 1864
  • *Aquilón 68 - Captured by Britain 11 August 1762, retaining same name, later renamed HMS Moro, BU 1770
  • *Neptuno 68 - Scuttled 11 August 1762
  • *Magnánimo 68 - Wrecked 12 July 1794
  • *Gallardo 68 - Scuttled 16 February 1797
  • *Brillante 68 - Burnt 10 October 1790
  • *Vencedor 68 - transferred to France 1806, renamed Argonaute, captured by Spain 1808, renamed Vencedor, wrecked 1810
  • *Glorioso 74 - stricken 5 May 1818 to BU
  • *Guerrero 68 - BU 1844
  • *Soberano 68 - Captured by Britain at Havana on 14 August 1762, retaining same name, BU 1770
  • *Héctor 68 - stricken 11 June 1768 and BU 1790
  • Serio class, first four ordered April 1752 at Guarnizo; four more ordered there in March 1753, but the final pair were cancelled in 1754.
  • *Serio 68 - BU 1805
  • *Poderoso 68 - Burnt 27 August 1779
  • *Soberbio 68 - Stricken 23 June 1764
  • *Arrogante 68 - Scuttled 16 February 1797
  • *Hércules 68 - stricken 4 July 1761
  • *Contento 68 - stricken 6 October 1761
  • Tridente 64 - Stricken 1771
  • Terrible class, both ordered March 1752 at Cartagena, 68 guns
  • *Terrible 68 - Stricken 1811
  • *Atlante 68 - transferred to France 22 September 1801, renamed Atlas 1803, captured by Spain 1808, same name, BU 1817
  • Arrogante 68 - Burnt on stocks at Ferrol, 1754
  • Triunfante class all ordered 1753-54 at Ferrol, 68 guns
  • *Triunfante 68 - Wrecked 5 January 1795
  • *Dichoso 68 - Stricken 15 October 1784
  • *Monarca 68 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 1780, retaining same name, sold 1791
  • *Diligente 68 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 1780, renamed HMS Diligence, BU 1784
  • Peruano 50 - Sold 26 January 1790
  • Campeón 60 - Hulked 1778, BU 1824
  • Conquistador 60 - Captured by Britain 11 August 1762, retaining same name, stricken 1782
  • Astuto 58/60 - BU 1810
  • Príncipe Class 68 guns, later 70. Ordered 1757 as replacements for the cancelled Serio class ships.
  • *Príncipe 68 - Sold 15 May 1776
  • *Victorioso 68 - Sold 15 May 1776
  • San Carlos Class, 80 guns
  • *San Carlos 80 - Destroyed on stocks at Havana, 1762
  • *Santiago 80 - Destroyed on stocks at Havana, 1762
  • Buen Consejo 60 - stricken 8 July 1762
  • San Genaro 60 - Captured by Britain at Havana on 14 August 1762, retaining same name, lost 1763
  • San Antonio 60 - Captured by Britain at Havana on 14 August 1762, retaining same name, sold 1775
  • Velasco class all ordered 1762-64 at Cartagena, 68/70 guns
  • *Velasco 68/70 - stricken 4 September 1796
  • *San Genaro 68/70 - transferred to France on 24 July 1801, renamed Ulysse, later renamed Tourville, stricken 1822
  • *Santa Isabel 70 - BU 1803
  • San Vicente Ferrer Class 80 guns.
  • *San Vicente Ferrer 80 - Scuttled 16 February 1797
  • *San Nicolás Bari 80 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797, renamed HMS San Nicholas, sold 1814
  • *San Rafael 80 - Destroyed by fire on stocks at Havana 1769
  • San Carlos class. Built as 80-gun warships, with a length of 197 Burgos feet, these ships were later reconstructed as 94-gun warships, - Converted to 112-gun three-decker in 1801, BU 1819
  • *San Fernando 80 - Stricken 8 October 1813 and sold 1815
  • *San Luis 80 - Stricken 4 August 1789 and BU
  • América 64 - BU 1823
  • San Juan Nepomuceno class all ordered 1763 at Guarnizo, 74 guns
  • *San Juan Nepomuceno 74 - captured by Britain at the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, renamed HMS San Juan, sold 1818
  • *San Pascual Bailon 74 - BU 1797
  • *San Francisco de Asis 74 - Wrecked after the Battle of Trafalgar, 23 October 1805
  • *San Lorenzo 74 - BU 1815
  • *San Agustín 74 - Captured by Portugal 1776, returned 1777, captured and scuttled by Britain at the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805
  • *Santo Domingo 74 - Blew up at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 1780
  • San Isidro class both ordered 1766 at Ferrol, 70 guns
  • *San Isidro 70 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797, sold 1814
  • *San Julián 70 - Captured by Britain and recaptured at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent, wrecked 1780
  • San Francisco de Paula class ordered 1766 at Havana, 70 guns
  • *San Francisco de Paula 70 - Burned 1784
  • *San José 70 - Wrecked 8 April 1780
  • San Rafael 80 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape Finisterre, 22 July 1805, retaining same name, sold 1810
  • Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad 112, later 120 - Converted to 130-gun 4-decker in 1796, raised to 136 in 1805, captured by Britain at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805, sank the next day

The Second French phase - 1770 to 1783

  • San Pedro Apóstol class 68/70 guns
  • *San Pedro Apóstol 70 - Stricken 1801
  • *San Pablo 70 - Renamed Soberano 1814, BU January 1856
  • *San Gabriel 70 - Stricken 10 August 1909
  • San Joaquín class
  • *San Joaquín 70 - BU 1817
  • *San Juan Bautista 70 - Stricken 5 April 1809
  • *Ángel de la Guarda 70 - BU 1810
  • *San Dámaso 70 - Scuttled 16 February 1797, captured by Britain and refloated, sold 1814
  • *San Justo 74 - BU 1824 or 1828
  • San Miguel 70 - Stranded and captured by Britain 11 October 1782, retaining same name, sold 1791
  • San Ramón 68 - Aground in storm and burnt by the French 1810
  • San Eugenio 80 - BU 1804
  • San Isidoro 64 - Wrecked 26 October 1794
  • San Leandro 64 - Sold 1784
  • Purísima Concepción class 112 guns
  • *Purísima Concepción 112 - Wrecked in storm 9 March 1810 and burnt by the French
  • *San José 112 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797, renamed HMS San Josef, BU 1849
  • Miño 54 - BU 1814
  • Castilla 64 - Aground in storm & burnt by the French 1810
  • Santo Domingo Class 60 guns
  • *Santo Domingo 60 - BU 1807
  • *San Felipe Apóstol 60 - Sold to the Netherlands on 8 July 1794, renamed Overijssel, captured by Britain 1795, retaining same name, sold 1822
  • San Julián 60 - BU 1830
  • San Fermín Class 74 guns
  • *San Fermín 74 - BU 1808
  • *San Sebastián 74 - transferred to France in May 1799, renamed Alliance, stricken 1807

The Period of Spanish Consolidation - 1784 to 1807

  • Santa Ana class
  • *Santa Ana 112 - Stricken 1812
  • *Mejicano 112 - Stricken 8 October 1813 and sold 1815
  • *Conde de Regla 112 - Stricken 14 July 1810 and BU 1811
  • *Salvador del Mundo 112 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797, retaining same name, BU 1815
  • *Real Carlos 112 - Blew up in action, 12 July 1801
  • *San Hermenegildo 112 - Blew up in action, 12 July 1801
  • *Reina Luisa 112 - Renamed Fernando VII 1809, wrecked 10 December 1815
  • *Príncipe de Asturias 112 - Stricken 1812, BU 1814
  • Bahama 74 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, retaining same name, BU 1814
  • San Ildefonso class 74 guns - designed by Romero y Landa
  • *San Ildefonso 74 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, retaining same name, BU 1816
  • *San Antonio 74 - transferred to France on 21 March 1801, renamed Saint Antoine, captured by Britain 1801, renamed San Antonio, sold 1828
  • *San Telmo 74 - Lost off Cape Horn 1819
  • *Europa San Lesmes) 74 - Stricken 1801
  • *Intrépido 74 - transferred to France 1 July 1801, renamed Intrépide, captured by Britain at the Battle of Trafalgar and sank in storm, 1805
  • *San Francisco de Paula 74 - BU 1823
  • *Conquistador 74 - transferred to France 23 April 1802, renamed Conquérant, stricken 1804
  • *Soberano 74 - BU 1809
  • *Infante Don Pelayo 74 - transferred to France 23 April 1802, renamed Desaix, stricken 1804
  • *Monarca 74 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Trafalgar and wrecked in storm, 23 October 1805
  • San Fulgencio Class 64 guns, designed by Romero y Landa as "reduced" version of his 74-gun San Ildefonso class.
  • *San Fulgencio 64 - Foundered 1814 at Havana
  • *San Leandro 64 - Wrecked 1814
  • *San Pedro Alcántara 64 - Burned 24 April 1815
  • Asia 68 - crew mutinied and handed ship over to Mexico 1825, becoming Mexican Congreso Mexicano; BU 1830
  • Ferme 74 - Stricken 1808
  • Montañés 74, later 80. Designed by Julián Martín Retamosa - Wrecked 9 March 1810.
  • Neptuno class. These two ships were ordered at Ferrol in late 1792 and late 1795, both built to the same design and each actually carried 80 guns.
  • *Neptuno 80 - Wrecked in storm after the Battle of Trafalgar, 23 October 1805
  • *Argonauta 80 - Captured by Britain at the Battle of Trafalgar and sank in storm, 21 October 1805
  • Censeur 74 - BU
  • Argonauta 74 - Wrecked 1810
  • Neptuno 80 - BU 1820
  • Héroe 74 - Stricken 1839
  • Algeciras 74 - Stricken 1826
  • Plutón 74 - Renamed Montañés in 1810, BU 1816
  • Emprendedor 86 - BU 1808 or later
  • Tridente 76 - BU 1808 or later
  • Real Familia 114 - BU 1808 or later

The Final phase - 1808 to 1854

Spain completed no further ships of the line after 1796 for more than half a century, although three ships were under construction in Ferrol and Havana at the time of the French occupation, and five 74-gun ships were acquired from Russia in February 1818, although these were in poor condition and were quickly taken to pieces without seeing any service. Finally, two 86-gun ships were ordered in 1850 and laid down on 19 November and 2 December 1850 respectively.
  • España 74 - Stricken 1821
  • Alejandro I 74 - Stricken 1823
  • Numancia 74 - BU 1823
  • Velasco 74 - Stricken 1821
  • Fernando VII 74 - Stricken 1823
  • Reina Doña Isabel II 86 - stricken 18 July 1867 but still extant 1885, BU
  • Rey Don Francisco de Asís 86 - Decommissioned 1876, BU