Spanish ship Conde de Regla (1786)

Conde de Regla's sea-trials took place in 1787 under Juan de Lángara y Huarte, who reported that the ship sailed smoothly and the gun batteries operated efficiently. In 1797, Conde de Regla was with the Spanish fleet which fought the British at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent. The Spanish fleet was defeated and four ships of the line were captured; Conde de Regla survived the battle but suffered losses of 9 killed, including Brigadier Claude-François Renart d'Amblimont and 16 seriously wounded, including Commandant Jerónimo Bravo.

Between 1799 and 1801, Conde de Regla was with the combined French and Spanish fleet stationed at Brest after participating in the Croisière de Bruix campaign. During the Napoleonic Wars Conde de Regla was laid up at Arsenal de la Carraca. In mid-1810, she was in poor repair and with Spanish authorities lacking the materials to repair her Conde de Regla was broken up at Mahón, with her timbers being used as firewood by the local population.^[1]

• This article is based on a translation of an article from the Spanish Wikipedia.
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