Spanish ship Mexicano (1786)

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History
Spain
Name	Mexicano
Builder	Havanna
Launched	20 January 1786
Fate	Sold, Ferrol, 1815
Notes	Participated in: Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797)
General characteristics
Class and type	Santa Ana-class ship of the line
Tonnage	2,112 tonnes
Length	56.14 m
Beam	15.5 m
Draught	7.37 m
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	On launch: 30 × 36-pounder cannon 32 × 24-pounder cannon 32 × 12-pounder cannon 18 × 8-pounder cannon

Mexicano (or Mejicano) was a 112-gun three-decker ship of the line built at Havanna for the Spanish Navy in 1786 to plans by Romero Landa. One of the eight very large ships of the line of the Santa Ana class, also known as los Meregildos. Mexicano served in the Spanish Navy for three decades throughout the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, finally being sold at Ferrol in 1815. Although she was a formidable part of the Spanish battlefleet throughout these conflicts, the only major action Mexicano participated in was the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797.