The set of stamps issued by Cuba in 1989 gives all Spanish warships built in Havana; the only SAN JOSÉ built there is in 1768.
The SAN JOSÉ depict on this stamp was built in Havana in 1768 as a ship-of-the-line for the Spanish Armada.
Armament 74 guns.
Not anything on her history I could find, all information welcome.
She was wrecked off Brest in 1780.
Cuba 1989 30c sg 3454, scott 3147.
Source: Trafalgar and the Spanish Navy by John D. Harbron.
SAN JOSÉ ship-of-the-line 1768
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