Santísima Trinidad 1769

    ►The Santísima Trinidad (officially named Santísima Trinidad by Royal Order on 12 March 1768, nicknamed La Real and sometimes confused with the Manila gallion Santísima Trinidad y Nuestra Señora del Buen Fin (1751) was a Spanish first-rate ship of the line of 112 guns, which was increased in 1795-96...

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HMS Ajax 1765

HMS Ajax was British Warship/Frigate, build and completed 1765 and released five years late.It was sailed on his first trip to North America 1786. In one of his trips across the Atlantic it was seriously damaged into a severe storms. Month thereafter with major repairs, it sailed back to the Plymouth where is the first sailed....

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HMS Agamemnon 1781

HMS Agamemnon was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She saw service in the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and fought in many of the major naval battles of those conflicts. She is remembered as being Nelson's favourite ship, and was named after the mythical ancient Greek...

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HMS Bellona 1760

HMS Bellona was a 74-gun Bellona-class third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Designed by Sir Thomas Slade, she was a prototype for the iconic 74-gun ships of the latter part of the 18th century. Bellona was built at Chatham,[1] starting on 10 May 1758, launched on 19 February 1760, and commissioned three days later....

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HMS Victory 1765

    ► HMS Victory is a 104-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. She was also Keppel's flagship at Ushant and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824 she served...

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