An item reported that the Spanish naval force at Havana, Cuba on 3rd January consisted of the 74-gun ship of the line Soberano (1), 50-gun frigate Christina (2), 44-gun frigate Cortes (3), 24-gun corvette Maria Luiza Fernanda, 20gun brigs Patriota, Tacon and Havanero, steamships Bazan and Congrese, 7 schooners and 3 barques.
Notes
1. The 3rd rate San Pablo, designed by Francisco Gautier, launched at Ferrol 1771, renamed Soberano in 1814, broken up 1854 with an armament of74 guns.
2. The 52-gun frigate Reina Maria Christina, launched at Ferrol in 1837 and which later became a hulk?
3. Launched in 1836 and stricken in 1865.
