Spanish ship Tigre (1747)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Tigre.

Painting by Dominic Serres depicting captured Spanish warships at Havana; Tigre is possibly among them
History
Spain
Name	Tigre
Launched	1747
Captured	13 August 1762, by Royal Navy
Great Britain
Name	HMS Tigre
Acquired	13 August 1762
Fate	Sold, 10 June 1784
General characteristics
Class & type	70-gun ship of the line
Tons burthen	1886 tons
Length	169 ft 3 in (51.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam	51 ft (15.5 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft 8 in (6.6 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	70 guns of various weights of shot

Tigre was a 70-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. Launched in 1747, she was captured by the Royal Navy on 13 August 1762, and commissioned as the 74-gun third-rate HMS Tigre. She was sold out of the navy in 1784.

References

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• 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.