How to evaluate the Spanish navy battleship Trinity?

Trinity is a first-class sail warship of the Spanish navy. It is the first warship in history with a complete four-story gun deck. 1769 When it was first built, there were 120 guns. 1795, a new gun deck was rebuilt between her bow deck and stern deck, making it the only four-deck sail battleship at that time, with the number of guns reaching 140, making it the sail battleship with the most main guns. The record of 140 gun was not broken until the appearance of the Oriental France. Soon the number of artillery decreased to 130-136, but it was still more than other warships at that time.

Because of the heavy weight of the artillery, she gained extremely poor maneuverability, so she was nicknamed: Spanish mare.

Mobility has also led to serious consequences in combat. Trinity participated in the naval battle of Saint Vincent in 1797 and was the flagship of the Spanish fleet. Being besieged by a bunch of more flexible three-class ships, she was almost captured by Nelson.

In the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, although a large number of shells were vented to victory, she was too heavy and turned slowly compared with other first-class ships of the same class, which made her a fire target of British ships before the flagship of the French-Spanish Coalition, Busenthal. The crew was seriously injured, more than 200 people died on the spot and all the masts were broken. Finally, she surrendered to Neptune, was towed away by Prince after the war, and was sunk by a storm on the way.

The comprehensive evaluation is that there are too many guns, and the mobility is poor, and there is almost no mobility. It is only suitable for being an artillery company!