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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=Spain | Ship flag= | Ship name=San Nicolás | Ship ordered= | Ship builder= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship honours= | Ship captured=By the British at the Battle of Cape St Vincent on 14 February 1797 | Ship fate= | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=United Kingdom | Ship flag= | Ship name=HMS San Nicolas | Ship ordered= | Ship builder= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship acquired=14 February 1797 | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship reclassified=Prison ship in 1800 | Ship renamed= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship honours= | Ship captured= | Ship fate=Sold on 3 November 1814 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class=80-gun third rate ship of the line | Ship tons burthen=1942 tons | 180|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 49|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draught= | Ship hold depth= | Ship sail plan=Full rigged ship | Ship propulsion=Sails | Ship complement= | Ship armament=80 guns | Ship notes=
}} | The San Nicolás was an 80-gun third rate ship of the Spanish Navy. She was present at the Battle of Cape St Vincent on 14 February 1797, when she was boarded by a number of British sailors from {{HMS|Captain|1787|6}} led by Horatio Nelson. They successfully took the ship, then crossed from her decks to board the San Josef, which had come to the aid of the San Nicolás, but had become encumbered with her. Nelson and his men then captured the San Josef as well. The San Nicolás was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS San Nicolas. She became a prison ship in 1800, and was sold for breaking up on 3 November 1814. References{{DEFAULTSORT:San Nicolas (1797)}} 2 : Ships of the line of the Spanish Navy|Ships of the line of the Royal Navy |