British naval intelligence report written by J. Duff, British consul at Cadiz, dealing with the fitting out of the Spanish navy in October 1803

Thanks to the by T.C. Hansard published The Parliamentary Debates from the year 1803 with the discussed papers, it's possible to get an impression on what was going in the Spanish navy at that moment an ally of the French empire and an enemy of the British empire. For the month October 1803 J. Duff, the British consul at Cadiz, supplied the next details.

"Ships ordered to be fitted out. Trinidad, of 130 guns; Santa Ana, 112; San Rafael,84; Terrible, 74; Soberano, 74; America, 64; Amphitrite, 40.
Destined for Vera Cruz and Havanna: Rufina, 34 guns.
Destined for Lima the brig Penelope, of 18 guns, in the bay destined for Malaga, but detained on account of the epidemical disorder which reigns there.
Brig Argo, of 22 guns, and schooner Felozzo, of 16 guns, are appointed guarda costas for La Guayra, under command of brig. Don. A. Figueraa, going commandant of that department. Lugger experiment, arrived from Malaga, to careen at the arsenal, and is still under quarantaine.
Ships fitting out at Carthagena: Reyna Louisa, of 112 guns; San Carloz, 112 guns; Bahama, 74; Argonauta, 84 and Vangaza, 34.
The ships ordered to be fitted out at Ferrol are 5, though hithertho the following only are named: Principe d'Austuria, of 112 guns; Neptune, 84 and San Augustin, 74. The place of rendezvous, it is asserted, will be this port; but from all appearances the earliest possible they can assemble will be February or March next [=1806]. The French ship and corvette have not yet got into dock".

Source

T.C. Hansard. The Parliamentary Debates from the year 1803 to the present time. vol III comprising the period from the fifteenth day of January to the twelfth day of March 1805. London, 1812. Parliamentary Debates, February 4, 1805, Second Additonal Papers relative to the war with Spain, p. 232. Digitized by Google.com.