Firme — Spanish 74

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. Fog-bound fleet action. Not a named portrait of the ship.

Overview

Firme (74) is already on the Finisterre Prizes — 22 July 1805 and the Battle of Cape Finisterre 1805. She was in Gravina Federico — Spanish Admiral’s contingent and was taken on 22 July 1805 with San Rafael — Spanish 80.¹

Service

This note covers that capture only. Later British names stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE. Combined casualty totals stay status/contested on the battle note.

Same rate as HMS Captain — 74-gun Third Rate and San Ysidro — Spanish 74-gun Third Rate. Calder Robert — British Admiral cited the two prizes among his reasons not to renew.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit — pp. 511–572
• @white2005nelson
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• Battle of Cape Finisterre 1805

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Ships_Maritime
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Same Battle

• San Rafael — Spanish 80
• Finisterre Prizes — 22 July 1805
• Calder Robert — British Admiral
• Gravina Federico — Spanish Admiral
• Villeneuve Pierre-Charles — French Admiral
• Bucentaure — Overview

Cross-Domain

• Trafalgar Campaign 1805
• Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port
• Age of Sail — Era Overview

Footnotes

1. 74 guns; taken with San Rafael on 22 July 1805: Battle of Cape Finisterre 1805 and the prize note. ↩

2. Calder cited the prizes: same notes. Do not add prize-court shares or a later British name. ↩