The final battle of the Glorioso, 70-guns on 19 October 1747, by Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau Nieto
The Spanish 74-gun ship ‘Glorioso’ was on her way to Cadiz from Ferrol, where she had landed treasure, when she was attacked by a number of English ships, including the ‘Royal family’ squadron of privateers commanded by Commodore Walker. She was engaged by several ships of inferior force including Walker’s privateer the ‘King George’, 32 guns, which kept up a close but unequal struggle for several hours, and the ‘Dartmouth’, 50 guns, which blew up.
After a five-hour battle, the ‘Glorioso’ was finally captured by the ‘Russell’, 80 guns, which was returning half-manned from the Mediterranean.
Canarias was a heavy cruiser of the Spanish Navy. She was built in
Spain by the Vickers-Armstrongs subsidiary Sociedad Española de
Construcción Naval upon a British design.
Canarias class was a class of heavy cruiser of the Spanish Navy.
Two ships of the class were completed in the 1930s. They were built in
Spain by the Vickers-Armstrongs subsidiary Sociedad Española de
Construcción Naval upon a British design, and were a modified version of
the Royal Navy′s County class.
Pelayo was a battleship of the Spanish Navy which served in the
Spanish fleet from 1888 to 1925. She was the first battleship and the
most powerful unit of the Spanish Navy.
