Montañés-class ship of the line

Class overview
Name	Montañés class
Operators	Spanish Navy
Built	1792–1798
In commission	1794–1810
Completed	4
Lost	4
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Tons burthen	1753 bm
Length	181 ft (55 m) (keel) 175 ft 3 in (53.42 m) (gundeck)
Beam	51 ft (16 m)
Draught	26 ft 7 in (8.10 m) (afore) 23 ft 3 in (7.09 m) (abaft)
Depth of hold	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	715
Armament	74-80 guns

The Montañés class were a series of four ships of the line designed and built between 1792 and 1798 by Julián Martín de Retamosa for the Spanish Navy.^[1]

The four ships in the class, and their fates, were:

• Montañés (1794) - ran aground in 1810.
• Neptuno (1795) - lost in the storm after the Battle of Trafalgar.
• Monarca (1794) - captured by Britain at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and later lost in the storm.
• Argonauta (1798) - captured by Britain at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and later sunk in the storm.

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