1807 Fleet
The following is a list of the Portuguese warships which were lying in the Tagus River, Lisbon, when Lord St Vincent was there in September 1806:
| Ship | Guns | State |
| Príncipe Real | 84 | Lower masts rigged, and the lower yards are across. |
| Príncipe do Brazil | 84 | |
| Rainha de Portugal | 74 | |
| Afonso de Albuquerque | 74 | Lower masts rigged, top-masts up, and down the lower masts, jib-booms on the bowsprit, cables bent to the spare anchors: appear to have their ballast on board. |
| Princesa da Beira | 64 | |
| Infante Dom Pedro | 74 | |
| Medusa | 74 | |
| Belém | 64 | |
| D. Maria I | 74 | |
| São Sebastião* | 74 | |
| Name unknown | 74 | |
| Name unknown | 74 | |
| Santo António | 70 | In dock 7 years and 3 months |
| Príncipe Regente | 74 | Building |
| Teresa | 50 | Lower masts rigged, and jib-boom on the bowsprit; just caulked |
| Golfinho | 44 | |
| Amazónia | 50 | |
| Pérola | 50 | Lower masts rigged, and the topmasts up, and down the masts; anchors on board, and one cable bent |
| Active | 36 | |
| Princesa de Abiena | 36 | |
| Andorinha | 32 | |
| Vénus | 36 | Repairing, and preparing to heave down |
| Ulisses | 36 | |
| Real Fonsor | 28 | Just repairing, and fitting |
| BoaVentura | 16 | Caulking |
| Serpente | 22 | Lower masts rigged; anchors and cables on board |
| Diligente | 22 | |
| Gaivota | 22 | |
| Real Fonza | 16 | |
| Fereta (schooner) | 8 | Fitting for sea (new) |
| Benjamim | 22 | Corvette (French) |
| Tritão | 44 | Lower masts rigged, topmasts and spars on board; just caulked |
N.B. One 74-gun ship sailed the latter end of August, and Rainha de Portugal arrived. These ships, in general, were said to be in good repair; and as to construction, equal, if not superior to the British.
Source: Nautical Chronicle, Vol. 18 (1807), pp 229–330, The Maritime History Virtual Archives
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