The following is a list of the Portuguese warships which were lying in the Tagus River, Lisbon, when Lord St Vincent was there in September 1806:
| Ship
| Guns
| State
|
| Principe Real
| 84
| Lower masts rigged, and the lower yards are across.
|
| Principe de Brazil
| 84
|
|
| Rainha de Portugal
| 74
|
|
| Afonso de Albuquerque
| 74
| Lower masts rigged, top-masts up, and down the lower masts, jib-booms on the bowsprit, cables bent to the spare anchors: appear to have their ballast on board.
|
| Princese da Beira
| 64
|
|
| Infante de Pedro
| 74
|
|
| Medusa
| 74
|
|
| Belem
| 64
|
|
| Maria Primeira
| 74
|
|
| St Sebastiao*
| 74
|
|
| Name unknown
| 74
|
|
| Name unknown
| 74
|
|
| Santo Antonio
| 70
| In dock 7 years and 3 months
|
| Prince Regente
| 74
| Building
|
| Tereza
| 50
| Lower masts rigged, and jib-boom on the bowsprit; just caulked
|
| Golfinho
| 44
|
|
| Amazonia
| 50
|
|
| Perola
| 50
| Lower masts rigged, and the topmasts up, and down the masts; anchors on board, and one cable bent
|
| Active
| 36
|
|
| Princesa de Abiena
| 36
|
|
| Andorinha
| 32
|
|
| Venus
| 36
| Repairing, and preparing to heave down
|
| Ulisses
| 36
|
|
| Real Fonsor
| 28
| Just repairing, and fitting
|
| BoaVentura
| 16
| Caulking
|
| Serpente
| 22
| Lower masts rigged; anchors and cables on board
|
| Diligente
| 22
|
|
| Gaivota
| 22
|
|
| Real Fonza
| 16
|
|
| Fereta (schooner)
| 8
| Fitting for sea (new)
|
| Benjamim
| 22
| Corvette (French)
|
| Tritao
| 44
| Lower masts rigged, topmasts and spars on board; just caulked
|
N.B. One 74-gun ship sailed the latter end of August, and Rainha de Portugal arrived. These ships, in general, were said to be in good repair; and as to construction, equal, if not superior to the British.
Nautical Chronical, Vol. 18 (1807), pp 229-330.
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