![]() Purísima Concepción was recorded as having been at Cádiz in 1780, her first action involved attachment to the 3rd Franco- Spanish fleet for the Campaign of the English Channel. She was completed and commissioned in 1780. She was launched on 24 December 1779 and handed over to the Armada Real. She was designed by Spanish naval architect Francisco Gautier and constructed by José Joaquín Romero Fernández de Landa. Purísima Concepción was laid down on 29 February 1779 at the Royal Dockyards at Ferrol, Province of A Coruña, Galicia. The names of contemporary Spanish ships commonly had religious undertones as with general Spanish naming traditions of the period. The name Purísima Concepción translates into English directly as Immaculate Conception, a religious reference to the veneration of the Virgin Mary. Purísima Concepción, was a Spanish first-rate ship of the line of the Kingdom of Spain's Armada Real in service between 17. ![]() Ģ13' Burgos Feet (Gundeck) (as completed) 220' 6" Burgos Feet (Gundeck) (as rebuilt 1796) 186' 0" Burgos Feet (Keel) Ĥ46 Infantry + 3 Infantry Officers, 91 Artillerymen, 127 Marines + 6 Marine Guards + 16 Marine Officers + 16 General Officers (In 1800, Brest) ģ4 Pajes + 109 Grumetes + 202 Naval Artillerymen + 48 Naval Officers (In 1800, Brest) ġ12 -120 guns - 32 36 pounders, 30 24 pounders, 32 12 pounders and 18 8 pounders Sunk on 9 August 1810 by French forces off Cádiz. Real Astillero de Esteiro, Ferrol (Francisco Gautier) A painting depicting the Second Battle of Cape St Vincent in which Purísima Concepción took part
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