Santa Ana (ship)

This article covers the 18th century ship. For the ship from the 16th century with a similar name, see Santa Anna (ship) .

Santa Ana (after an engraving from the 19th century)

The Santa Ana was a Spanish ship of the line , was completed in 1784 and carried 112 cannons. She was the model for the so-called Santa Ana class and fought in the Battle of Trafalgar as the flagship of Ignacio María de Álava . It was badly damaged there and fell into the hands of the British. Two days later it was retaken by Franco-Spanish forces and taken to Cadiz .

Web links

Commons : Santa Ana  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Santa Ana on the website trafalgar. In: batalladetrafalgar.com. web.archive.org, 2013, archived from the original on October 22, 2013 . 
• Historia del navío de línea Santa Ana (2). In: todoababor.es.