Nossa Senhora da Vitória was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Portuguese Navy, built and launched in Lisbon on 19 August 1735.No. 34. Gazeta de Lisboa. 25 August 1735. p. 408
Service history
She was built at Ribeira das Naus, in Lisbon, and launched on 19 August 1735, with the presence of King John V of Portugal, Queen Maria Anna of Austria and the Portuguese royal family.No. 34. Gazeta de Lisboa. 25 August 1735. p. 408
In 1736 she was the flagship of the Portuguese Campaign of the River Plate, during the Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–1737).
In 1739 she fought the Maratha ships of Sambhaji Angre on the Indian coast between Karwar and Honnavar.
Fate Vitória ran aground in 1746, off Mascarene Islands, while returning to Portugal.
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