Príncipe de Asturias — Spanish First Rate

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A Spanish first-rate three-decker. Not a named portrait of the ship.

Overview

Príncipe de Asturias (112) is already on Gravina Federico — Spanish Admiral as his reported flag at the Battle of Trafalgar 1805 — Overview on 21 October 1805.¹

Service

This note covers that reported flag only. A wound-and-death narrative, later commissions, and a full career stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Gravina was Villeneuve’s Spanish colleague at Trafalgar against Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview in HMS Victory — Overview and Collingwood Cuthbert — Biography in HMS Royal Sovereign — Overview. Same rate-class as San José — Spanish 112-gun First Rate and Salvador del Mundo — Spanish 112-gun First Rate.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit — pp. 480–510 and 511–572
• @adkin2005trafalgar — pp. 250–285 and 286–323 (already used on the Gravina note)
• @white2005nelson
• Gravina Federico — Spanish Admiral

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Ships_Maritime
• Individual_Ships_Index

Same Battle

• Gravina Federico — Spanish Admiral
• Battle of Trafalgar 1805 — Overview
• Bucentaure — Overview
• Santísima Trinidad — Spanish First Rate
• Villeneuve Pierre-Charles — French Admiral
• HMS Victory — Overview

Cross-Domain

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

Footnotes

1. Reported Trafalgar flag; 112 guns: Gravina Federico — Spanish Admiral. ↩

2. Gravina as Villeneuve’s Spanish colleague: same note. Do not add the old stub’s wound-and-death narrative until a licensed page is entered. ↩