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| Name | Real Carlos |
| Builder | Havanna |
| Launched | 4 November 1787 |
| Fate | Burned and exploded 13 July 1801 |
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| Class and type | Santa Ana-class ship of the line |
| Tonnage | 2,112 tonnes |
| Length | 56.14 m |
| Beam | 15.5 m |
| Draught | 7.37 m |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 801 |
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| Armour | None |
Real Carlos was a 112-gun three-decker ship of the line built at Havana for the Spanish Navy in 1787 to plans by Romero Landa.[1]
One of the eight very large ships of the line of the Santa Ana class, also known as los Meregildos, Real Carlos served in the Spanish Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars and was destroyed with heavy loss of life during the Second Battle of Algeciras.
- ^ (in Spanish). Aranda y Antón, Gaspar de (1992). "Las maderas de América en la Arquitectura naval del siglo XVII", p. 17. Revista de Historia Naval, Año X, 1992. Núm. 38. Instituto de Historia y Cultura Naval. Biblioteca Virtual de Defensa. Ministerio de Defensa (España). Retrieved 31 July 2023.