Built in the Havana shipyard by the shipbuilder D. Juan de Acosta, according to a contract dated May 7, 1731 that obliged him to build four 64-gun ships, one per year, being Africa the first one, followed by the so-called Europe, Asia and America. Called San José, it was launched in 1732 and enlisted the following year.
Under the command of Captain Daniel Huoni, he joined the New Spain Fleet in Havana under the command of Rodrigo de Torres, who had sailed from Veracruz on May 25, 1733. He was the only one of the four ships of the escort that was saved from the storm suffered on July 15 in the Bahama Channel, returning to Havana. Under the command of Captain Huoni she arrived in Cadiz that same year.
With the ships Constante and Europa he made several cruises in 1734 along the coasts of France and Italy, as part of the operations to occupy Naples and Sicily. In 1736 he sailed from Cadiz through several Italian ports with the squadron of eight ships under the command of the squadron leader D. Jose Alfonso Pizarro to bring back the Italian Army. In April 1737 he was in the Bay of Cadiz with another 31 warships (18 ships, 5 frigates, a penguin, 2 ships, 4 bombers and a galley).
The following year, under the command of Captain Benito Antonio Espínola, he set sail from Cadiz with the ship Guipuzcoa to serve as an escort for the fleet of Azogues, which entered Veracruz in mid-March 1738 (see ship Guipuzcoa).
In March 1739, the ship was incorporated into the squadron of D. Blas de Lezo in Cartagena de Indias. By order of Lezo it is sunk in March 1741 to avoid the passage of the British squadron under the command of Edward Vernon.
Designed by Saturnalia Studios. Scale 1:650. Optimized for FDM printing and easy painting.
Also includes combat sails, masts without sails and game card (Fire and Sails game).
