Galleon "Santísima Trinidad"

Today is Sunday and I got up very early to go to Alicante to visit and ancient Galleon called "Santísima Trinidad" that is in the harbor :
This Galleon is a replica of the Santísima Trinidad. It took over 2 years and more than 4 million euros to build it,as well as many mangement studies .
I would like tell the real history about the original "Santísima Trinidad"

The "Santísima Trinidad " was launched in 1769 in the Habana (Cuba) navy yard. At that moment,the ship was well known like "The seas´ Escorial" (because Escorial refers to great spanish monastery) due to of its magnificence was the biggest and most armed vessel around the world. It took two year to build an 40,000 Spanish ducats. It was huge :63 metres long(208 feet),17 metres breadth(55 feet) and 8 metres tall(27 feet).Furthermore,it weighed 4,950 (4,872 long tons),had 140 cannons and a 1,160 men crew. Several fine woods were used to fit it out,such as "mahogany","júcaro" and "caguairán"

The "Santísima Trinidad" ,helmed by the brave aye Baltasar Hidalgo Cisneros "The Great",it took part in a lot of decisive historical events while it was crossing the seas.The galleon was spanish flagship fleet in July 1779,during the American War of Independence,when Spain and France declared war Great Britain to support the North American Colonies.It was also part in the english Channel missions lateon that year,1780,the ship helped to capture a English convoy formed by 55 vessels. Two years later the "Santísima Trinidad" was incorporated into the so called Mediterranean Squad and fought in the Espartel´s Cape.
However,the ship in fame for its tragically end in 1805,during the Trafalgar Battle.On that ocassion,the vessel was a well commanded by Baltasar Hidalgo Cisneros,together with Francisco Javier de Uriarte y Borja. After a slog Armageddon,the "Santisima Trinidad" was finally seized by the English in very dreatful conditions,with a lot of structural damages and over 200 casualties and 100 injured.The English fleet tried hard to save the spanish vessel by taking it to their port in Gibraltar,tugging it by the frigates HMS Naiade and Hms Phoebe. Nevertheless,the efforts were meaningless,as the great ship finally sunk 25 miles at the Cadiz south,on October 24th.

That sinking was someshow a banner of the end of the Spanish power in the seas.Nowadays,the greatest and the most powerful war weapon of the XVIII Century lies at the sea bottom.Its artillery pieces were however removed and set up at thePantheon of Illustrious Sailors,located in Carraca´s naval dockyard,in Cádiz.