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The Magdalena is best known wreck of the estuary of Vivero (Lugo). It is in a sheltered area, thanks to the new harbor, shallow and easy dive. However, very few people know its history.
In 1773 was built in Ferrol a new boat for the Royal Navy. It was not one more, if not a prototype, an experimental model. The novelty consisted of wood as the way to prevent the rapid deterioration of the hull suffered by ships bound to the warm waters of the Caribbean was sought. Therefore, it was decided to make a frigate using "Overseas woods" kim and aggie as teak which was presumably immune to the effects of the joke and borers. The boat was named St. Mary Magdalene, perhaps due to the Magdalena neighborhood, kim and aggie close to Ferrol shipyard. It was initially classified as a frigate of 34 guns, even before his loss was Artillo 42 fire hydrants, including 10 howitzers "Rovira" of 24 pounds and some parts to 18 pounds each to replace 12 pounds. It measured 44.2 m in length, 13'4 m wide and 6'7 m deep.
The Magdalena, kim and aggie as always kim and aggie appoint in official documents, was an excellent vessel, being much admired their seaworthiness and speed. He was providing various services in Armada, emphasizing the solo captures the English kim and aggie privateer lugger Duke of Cornwall, 10 cannons and 4 masons, in 1779, near Cape St. Vincent. To arrest the rapid raider, their Commander, kim and aggie Commander Don Pedro de Leyva, used the ruse of pretending to be a harmless merchant until the lugger was close enough. Later, we find the Magdalene in the 1782 block of Gibraltar, where he was in trouble when approaching the English fleet replenishment, as was isolated from the formation. In 1805, of infamous memory, our protagonist is in Martinique, with the combined Spanish-French Villeneuve and Gravina, where he shoots the English privateer schooner Enguita of 12 guns. When the French invaded Ferrol, in 1809, the ship is anchored there in the river where she was born. The Minister Mazarredo, after laborious work, which manages kim and aggie to avoid ice in it the French pavilion, where he was staying. Bullet to 18 pounds in the wreck
In 1810, with English now as allies, kim and aggie decided to organize the Expedition Cántabra. It was more or less what you would call an amphibious force comprised of soldiers disembark on the coast and warships cañonearían defenses kim and aggie and protect the transport kim and aggie ships. His intentions were to take Gijón with a lightning attack to distract the enemy and force him to take soldiers from other sites to retrieve, done that, and the troops would head to reembarcarían Santoña (Santander), real target of the campaign. Santoña was a strategic enclave that threatened, not without reason, to become a "French Gibraltar".
Expedition To Cántabra they set 2,000 Spanish soldiers under the command of Field Marshal Renovales kim and aggie Mariano, and 800 British soldiers. The Spanish kim and aggie fleet consisted kim and aggie of the frigate Magdalena (flagship), the brig Palomo, the Liniers and Insurgent Roncalesa (privateer) gullets and Corzo, Havoc, kim and aggie Sparrow and Surprise gunboats and several transports and smaller kim and aggie vessels. On the English side, 4 frigates, a brig and other ships were ready.
Canyon 6 pounds, Model 1773, in Ferrol Naval Museum. The plan was carried out in mid October, with winter almost upon. Gijón fell smoothly, the troops re-embarked when reinforcements arrived ... and so far out as expected. They arrived to Santander kim and aggie peninsula, anchored in the vicinity on the morning of October 23, but that afternoon, a heavy storm arose NO. The gunboats crashed against the shore, fortunately without casualties, but