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>>This is all still puzzling. The British sources are >>adamant that both ships ran aground. Syrett reports >>that HBMS <i>Triumph</i> was standing by to protect >>the prizes or render assistance, so she should have >>been in a position to see both ships run aground. It >>appears that at least one of the ships got off and was >>able to go into Cadiz. Perhaps this occurred after >><i>Triumph</i> and the rest of the British fleet had >>withdrawn farther out to sea, so they did not witness >>it. Which ship got into Cadiz (or whether both of >>them did) remains obscure, at least to me. The >>todoababor report that <i>San Eugenio</i> was >>immediately broken up contradicts St. Hubert's >>statement that she was not broken up until 1804. I >>haven't yet gone through the rest of the war and the >>next war to look for service reports on <i>San >>Eugenio</i>. For what it's worth, Schomberg's list of >>the Spanish navy "when it joined Great Britain in the >>War against France" in 1793 (IV, 148) lists >><i>Eugenio</i>, an 80 built in 1775 (the same as St. >>Hubert's data), as in commission. <i>Eugenio</i> does >>not appear in Toogood's index to James, <i>Naval >>History,</i> suggesting that she was not included in >>any of the fleets that James listed because of their >>involvement in active operations (this goes beyond >>just the 1797 St. Vincent fleet). >> >>My best guess is still that both ships drove ashore >>and that <i>Julian</i> was wrecked but that >><i>Eugenio</i> got off and made it into Cadiz, and >>that todoababor is wrong about her being broken up in >>1780. My dictionary gives «desguazar» as to cut up >>wood. Perhaps <i>Eugenio</i> was partially dismantled >>in the process of repairing the hull damage sustained >>when she went aground. >> >>On <i>Julian,</i> St. Hubert, working from Spanish >>sources, says, "Captured by the British at Cape Santa >>Maria, recaptured by her crew but wrecked two days >>later." > >San Eugenio 76 took part at the battle of Cape Spartel >on 20 October 1782, with the Howe's fleet. > >“Historische-politische magazin”, Vierter Jahrang, >Siebenter Band, #1, Hamburg, 1790 gives a list of >Spanish fleet on 15 May 1790 (pp. 665-670), which >includes San Eugenio 74 of the Ferrol squadron, with >mentioning “building”.

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