Spanish ship Mexicano

History
Spain
NameMexicano
BuilderHavanna
Launched20 January 1786
FateSold, Ferrol, 1815
Notes
General characteristics
Class & typeSanta Ana-class ship of the line
Tonnage2,112 tonnes
Length56.14 m
Beam15.5 m
Draught7.37 m
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • On launch:
  • 30 × 36-pounder cannon
  • 32 × 24-pounder cannon
  • 32 × 12-pounder cannon
  • 18 × 8-pounder cannon

Mexicano (or Mejicano) was a 112-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy built at Havana in 1786 to plans by José Romero y Fernández de Landa. One of the eight very large ships of the line of the Santa Ana class, also known as los Meregildos. Mexicano served in the Spanish Navy for three decades throughout the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, finally being sold at Ferrol in 1815. Although she was a formidable part of the Spanish battlefleet throughout these conflicts, the only major action Mexicano participated in was the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1797.