San Ildefonso

San Ildefonso was a ship of the Spanish Navy, built at Cartagena, Spain to a design by José Romero Fernández de Landa and launched in 1785. She was designed to be lighter than traditional Spanish vessels which had had difficulty matching the speed of ships of the Royal Navy. Though completed as a 74-gun ship, and always rated as such, San Ildefonso actually carried 80 cannons and obuses (howitzers) by the time of Trafalgar. She saw service against French and British vessels in the late 18th century, sailed twice to the Americas and was trapped in Cádiz by the British blockade. San Ildefonso was captured by the British third-rate HMS Defence at the Battle of Trafalgar and successfully weathered the storm afterwards to be taken into Royal Navy service as HMS Ildefonso.

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HMS Ildefonso
ship of the line, Spanish Navy, Royal Navy, Cartagena Naval Base, Spain, 

• Three Decks page^@
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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ship decommissioning

1806-04-03T00:00:00Z

1806-04-03T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

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ship launching

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ship recommissioning

1784-03-26T00:00:00Z

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keel laying

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Frameless

Situation of His Majesty's Ship Defence and her Prize the St Ildefonso PU5735

Page of slight sketches of fighting vessels, including 'L'Espoir' and 'Al-de-Fonso', 1813 and 1814 RMG PY3793

Page of slight sketches San Ildefonso (ship 1785) going into Portsmouth harbour 12 June 1814 RMG PY3793 (cropped)

French and Spanish ships laid up at Gibraltar shortly after the battle of Trafalgar; Bahama, French Swiftsure, San Juan Nepomuceno and San Ildefonso

Nelson State Funeral

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Three Decks page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Situation of His Majesty's Ship Defence and her Prize the St Ildefonso PU5735		Commons
commons	image		Page of slight sketches of fighting vessels, including 'L'Espoir' and 'Al-de-Fonso', 1813 and 1814 RMG PY3793		Commons
commons	image		Page of slight sketches San Ildefonso (ship 1785) going into Portsmouth harbour 12 June 1814 RMG PY3793 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		French and Spanish ships laid up at Gibraltar shortly after the battle of Trafalgar; Bahama, French Swiftsure, San Juan Nepomuceno and San Ildefonso		Commons
commons	image		Nelson State Funeral		Commons