Spanish ship Reina María Luisa
Ship plan of Reina María Luisa | |
| History | |
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| Spain | |
| Name | Reina María Luisa |
| Builder | Reales Astilleros de Esteiro, Ferrol |
| Launched | 12 September 1791 |
| Renamed | Fernando VII, 1809 |
| Fate | Foundered off Béjaïa, 10 December 1815 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Santa Ana-class ship of the line |
| Tonnage | 4,341 tons displacements |
| Tons burthen | 2,308 tons |
| Length | 58.506 m |
| Beam | 16.159 m |
| Draught | 8.024 m |
| Depth of hold | 7.542 ms |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 801 |
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Reina María Luisa was a 112-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy built at Ferrol, Spain, in 1791 to plans by José Romero y Fernández de Landa. One of the eight very large ships of the line (navíos in Spanish) of the Santa Ana class, also known as Los Meregildos. Reina María Luisa served in the Spanish navy for three decades throughout the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, being renamed Fernando VII in 1809 and wrecked off Béjaïa in 1815. Although she was a formidable part of the Spanish battlefleet throughout these conflicts, she did not participate in any major operations.