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Built in Havana in 1769,
Santisima Trinidad carried
120 guns on three decks.
Badly damaged in the battle
of Cape St. Vincent in 1799,
she was rebuilt with the
addition of a fourth deck
and the number of cannon
increased to 136, making her
the largest ship of her
time.
In 1805, she
sailed into the Battle of
Trafalgar with a crew of
1,048 men and her immense
4-decked sides showing the
barrels of her formidable
guns.
The British
disabled and captured her
during the battle. She sank
in a storm the following
day, ending her 35-year
service to the Spanish Navy.
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