San Carlo Borromeo class ship of the line
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | San Carlo Borromeo |
| Builders: | Arsenal of Venice |
| Operators: |
 Venetian Navy |
| Preceded by: | Leon Trionfante-class |
| In service: | 1750 - 1797 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ship of the line |
| Length: | 43,77 m (126 Venetian feet) |
| Draft: | 5,99 m (17,25 Ven. ft) |
| Depth: | 13,20 m (38 Ven. ft) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Armament: |
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The San Carlo Borromeo-class ships of the line were a class of two 66-gun third rates built by the Venetian Arsenal from 1750 to 1793.
The namesake ship, the San Carlo Borromeo, was botched and haunted by a recurring problem: in stormy seas, it lost many times the steer. This eventually brought to its wreck, and the only other ship made with the same plans was subsequently modified in 1788 still in the shipbuilding dock, resulting in a great improvement in maneuverability and sailing speed.
This class was prone to the same drawbacks as its contemporary Leon Trionfante class, which indeed affected more or less all of the sailing ships of the Venetian Navy at the time.
Ships
- San Carlo Borromeo
- Ordered: 1739
- Launched: 1750
- Fate: Wrecked, 1768
- Vulcano
- Ordered: 1752
- Launched: 1793
- Fate: Captured, 1797
Notes
- Even if this 66-gun ships should be rated as third rates, using the contemporary classification in the Royal Navy, for the Venetian Navy the San Carlo Borromeo-class were first rate vessels. This different classification dated back to the previous century, but Venice never changed it for prestige issues.
- The guns reported as the main armament of this class' ships are the result of a conversion from the Venetian scale, that use the libbra sottile (0,301 kg), to the British one. For the Venetian Navy, those ships had 28 40-pounders guns in the gun deck, 26 20-pounders guns in the upper gun deck and 12 14-pounders guns on the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
References
- Guido Ercole, Vascelli e fregate della Serenissima, GMT, Trento, 2011.
See also
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