- Career Battle of Trafalgar
- Notes
- References
- External links
{{Infobox ship image| Ship image=BahamaporRafaelBerenguer(1822-1890)MuseoNavaldeMadrid.jpg | Ship caption=The Bahama, drawing by Rafael Berenguer, Madrid naval museum
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship tons burthen=1696 tons burthen | 50.79|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 13.63|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 5.96|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship draft= | Ship hold depth= | Ship propulsion= | Ship sail plan= | Ship complement=689 men | Ship armament=*As a 74-gun- 28 × 24-pounder long guns
- 30 × 18-pounder long guns
- 10 × 8-pounder long guns
- 6 × 30-pounders howitzers, 4 × 24-pounders, and 6 × 4-pounders
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}} | Bahama was a 74-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. She was built in Havana on plans originally drawn by Ignacio Mullan for the 64-gun {{Ship|Spanish ship|San Pedro de Alcantara||2}}, completed as a project of Gautier. She was later rebuilt as a 74-gun. Career In 1784, Bahama was under Captain Félix del Corral y Jaime, with Commander Francisco de la Bodega y Cuadra as first officer. She departed Havana on 5 January 1785 in the fleet under Admiral Francisco de Borja, bound for Cadiz, where she arrived on 2 March. On 3 June 1788, she entered drydock number 3 of Carraca arsenal for a refit and rebuilt as a 74-gun. Battle of Trafalgar Bahama took part in the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, under Commodore Dionisio Alcalá Galiano. She was part of the vanguard of the Franco-Spanish fleet, at the 6th position in the second division of the reconnaissance squadron under Admiral Gravina, and came under intense fire from British ships. Bahama suffered 75 killed and 65 wounded, among whom Galiano, who died from his wounds after a cannonball struck him. The British captured Bahama and sailed her to Gibraltar for repairs. She then sailed to England, where she was hulked and used as a prison ship. She was scrapped in Chatham in 1814.[1] Notes1. ^There are some doubts as to whether the ship scrapped in Chatham was Bahama, as her characteristics might not fit hers.
References{{Reflist|30em}}- Bibliography
- {{cite book|first=Arturo |last=Pérez-Reverte |authorlink=Arturo Pérez-Reverte |title=Cabo Trafalgar |publisher=Alfaguara |year=2004 }}
- {{cite web |url= http://www.todoababor.es/listado/navio-bahama.htm |title=Historia del navío de línea Bahama |trans-title=History of the ship of the line Bahama |work=todoababor.es |year=2012 |accessdate=9 November 2013}} {{es icon}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.batalladetrafalgar.com/esp.htm |title=Batalla de Trafalgar: Navios Españoles |trans-title=Battle of Trafalgar: Spanish Ships |work=batalladetrafalgar.com |year=1997 |accessdate=9 November 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022122851/http://www.batalladetrafalgar.com/esp.htm |archivedate=22 October 2013 |df= }} {{es icon}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091122172610/http://www.mde.es/Trafalgar/Docs/MNE_1.pdf Militares y Navíos Españoles que participaron en Trafalgar (1) de Luís Aragón Martín]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091122172610/http://www.mde.es/Trafalgar/Docs/MNE_1.pdf Militares y Navíos Españoles que participaron en Trafalgar (2) de Luís Aragón Martín]
External links- Batalla de Trafalgar, página web del bicentenario
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