• Source: List of Spanish sail frigates

This is a list of Spanish sail frigates built or acquired during the period 1700-1854
Spanish frigates generally had religious names, often the names of saints or "our Lady". Those with primarily secular names (such as royal, geographical or adjectival names) usually had additionally a religious name (Avocación or alias), which is listed below in the second column where known.
An asterisk (*) in the "Launch date" column indicates the date of acquisition (purchase or capture) for vessels not built for the Spanish Navy.




The Habsburg Era - pre 1700


During the 17th century, and for much of the first half of the 18th century, the term 'frigate' (or 'fragata' in Spanish) encompassed ships with two complete gundecks rated at about 50 guns as well as smaller single-decked vessels. The smaller frigates evolved from the fast and lightly-armed vessels built chiefly on the coast of (Spanish) Flanders, and employed in the English Channel and southern North Sea, as well as escorting the trade routes from the Spanish Netherlands to the north coast of Spain.




The Early Bourbon Era - 1700 to 1750






The Middle Bourbon Era - 1750 to 1808






The Final phase - 1815 to 1854


The post-Napoleonic era began with the acquisition of six frigates from Russia in 1818. These proved of poor quality and were soon disposed of.




References


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. ISBN 978-1-5267-9078-1.




See also


List of ships of the line of Spain
List of galleons of Spain

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• List of Spanish sail frigates
• List of Russian sail frigates
• List of sail frigates of France
• Lists of sail frigates
• List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy
• List of ships of the line of Spain
• List of galleons of Spain
• List of sail frigates of the Ottoman Empire
• Spanish frigate Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes
• Frigate