Spanish ship Conquistador (1755)

Ship plan of Conquistador
History
Spain
Name	Conquistador
Launched	20 July 1758
Captured	13 August 1762, by the Royal Navy
Great Britain
Name	HMS Conquestador
Acquired	13 August 1762
Fate	Broken up, 23 September 1782
General characteristics
Class & type	60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1278 tons
Length	155 ft 9 in (47.5 m) (gundeck)
Beam	43 ft 3 in (13.2 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 3 in (5.9 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	60 guns of various weights of shot

Conquistador was a 60-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. Launched in 1758, she was captured by the Royal Navy on 13 August 1762, and commissioned as the fourth-rate HMS Conquestador. She was placed on harbour service in 1775, and broken up in 1782.

See also

• List of ships captured in the 18th century

References

• Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650–1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
• Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
• Winfield, Rif; Tredrea, John M; García-Torralba Pérez, Enrique & Blasco Felip, Manuel (2023). Spanish Warships in the Age of Sail 1700—1860: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-9078-1.