Nossa Senhora da Vitória (1735)
_%26_50-gun_4th_rate_(1715),_to_scale.jpg) Above, a wooden ship model of a contemporaneous 70-gun British third-rate ship of the line, similar to the Vitória.
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| Name | Nossa Senhora da Vitória |
| Namesake | Our Lady of Victory |
| Builder | Ribeira das Naus, Lisbon |
| Launched | 19 August 1735 |
| Commissioned | 1736 |
| Fate | Ran aground off Mascarene Islands, 1746 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ship of the line |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 74 guns |
Nossa Senhora da Vitória was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Portuguese Navy, built and launched in Lisbon on 19 August 1735.[1][2]
Service history
[edit]She was built at Ribeira das Naus, in Lisbon, and launched on 19 August 1735, with the presence of King John V of Portugal, Queen Maria Anna of Austria and the Portuguese royal family.[3]
In 1736 she was the flagship of the Portuguese Campaign of the River Plate, during the Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–1737).[2]
In 1739 she fought the Maratha ships of Sambhaji Angre on the Indian coast between Karwar and Honnavar.[2]
Fate
[edit]Vitória ran aground in 1746, off Mascarene Islands, while returning to Portugal.[2]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Esparteiro, António Marques (1976). Catálogo dos Navios Brigantinos (PDF) (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Centro de Estudos da Marinha.
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