Spanish ship Reina María Luisa (1791)

Spanish ship Reina María Luisa
History
Spain
NameReina Luisa
BuilderReales Astilleros de Esteiro, Ferrol
Launched12 September 1791
RenamedFernando VII, 1809
FateFoundered off Béjaïa, 10 December 1815
General characteristics
Class & typeSanta Ana-class ship of the line
Tonnage4,341 tons displacements
Tons burthen2,308 tons
Length58.506 m
Beam16.159 m
Draught8.024 m
Depth of hold7.542 ms
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement801
Armament
  • On launch:
  • 30 × 36-pounder cannon
  • 32 × 24-pounder cannon
  • 32 × 12-pounder cannon
  • 18 × 8-pounder cannon

Reina Luisa (sometimes referred to as Reina María Luisa as she was named for Queen Maria Luisa) was a 112-gun three-decker ship of the line built at Ferrol for the Spanish Navy in 1791 to plans by José Joaquín Romero Fernández de Landa. One of the eight very large ships of the line (navíos in Spanish) of the Santa Ana class, also known as Los Meregildos. The Reina Luisa served in the Spanish Navy for three decades throughout the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, finally being wrecked off Béjaïa in 1815. Although she was a formidable part of the Spanish battlefleet throughout these conflicts, she did not participate in any major operations.