Montañés-class ship of the line

The Montañés class were a series of four ships of the line designed and built between 1792 and 1798 by Julián Martín de Retamosa for the Spanish Navy.[1]

Class overview
Name:	Montañés class
Operators:	Spanish Navy
Built:	1792–1798
In commission:	1794–1810
Completed:	4
Lost:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1753 bm
Length:	181 ft (55 m) (keel) 175 ft 3 in (53.42 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	51 ft (16 m)
Draught:	26 ft 7 in (8.10 m) (afore) 23 ft 3 in (7.09 m) (abaft)
Depth of hold:	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	715
Armament:	74-80 guns

The four ships in the class, and their fates, were:

• Montañés (1794) - ran aground in 1810.
• Neptuno (1795) - lost in the storm after the Battle of Trafalgar.
• Monarca (1794) - captured by Britain at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and later lost in the storm.
• Argonauta (1798) - captured by Britain at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and later sunk in the storm.

References

1. Fernández-González, Francisco (2012). "Ship structures under sail and under gunfire" (PDF). Universidad Politécnica de Madrid: Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Navales. Retrieved 2 July 2012.