Montañes class ship of the line
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The Montañes were a class of four ships of the line built between 1794 and 1798. The four ships in the class, and their fates, were:
- Montañés (1794) - ran aground in 1810,
- Neptuno (1795)Spanish ship Neptuno (1795)Neptuno was an 80-gun Montañes-class ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. She was built in 1795 and took part in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. She fought with the Franco-Spanish fleet in the battle of Trafalgar, and was wrecked in its aftermath.Neptuno was built at Ferrol and...
- lost in the storm after the Battle of Trafalgar, - Monarca (1794) - captured by Britain at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and later lost in the storm,
- Argonauta (1798) - captured by Britain at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and later sunk in the storm.