HMS Calpe (1800)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Spain | |
| Name | San José |
| Launched | 1796 |
| Captured | By the Royal Navy, 27 October 1800 |
| General characteristics (in Spanish service) | |
| Type | Polacca |
| Complement | 34 seamen & 22 soldiers |
| Armament | 14 guns |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Calpe |
| Acquired | By capture, 27 October 1800 |
| Honours & awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801" |
| Fate | Sold, 1802 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Calpe |
| Owner | W. Boyd |
| Acquired | By purchase |
| Fate | Wrecked 1805 |
| General characteristics (in British service) | |
| Type | Sloop-of-war |
| Tons burthen | 209, or 211, or 212 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 26 ft 3 in (8.0 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) |
| Complement | 49 seamen + 22 soldiers |
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HMS Calpe was the former 14-gun polacca San José of the Spanish Navy, originally built in 1796 in Greece. The British captured her in 1800 and commissioned her as a sloop-of-war. She served at the Battle of Algeciras Bay before the Navy sold her in 1802. She underwent repairs and reappeared as a merchantman in the 1805 registers; however, she wrecked at the Dardanelles in 1805.