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San José was a 64-gun, three-masted galleon of the Spanish Armada de la Guardia de la Carrera de las Indias. It was launched in 1698 [ 1 ] and sank in battle off Barú Island , just south of Cartagena, Colombia , in 1708, while laden with gold, silver and emeralds worth about US$17 billion as of 2023.
New artifacts have been found on the legendary Spanish galleon San Jose, Colombia's government announced Thursday, after the first robotic exploration of the three-century-old shipwreck.. Dubbed ...
The San Jose was built in 1698 for one of the most lucrative trade lanes ever devised in the history of shipping. ... The San Jose galleon was owned by the Spanish crown when it was sunk by the ...
A US salvage consortium called Glocca Morra claimed to have located the San Jose in 1981, but the Colombian government has disputed this, claiming it independently found the galleon with a team of ...
A Spanish galleon (left) firing its cannons at a Dutch warship (right). Cornelis Verbeeck, c. 1618–1620 A Spanish galleon Carracks, galleon (center/right), square rigged caravel (below), galley and fusta (galliot) depicted by D. João de Castro on the "Suez Expedition" (part of the Portuguese Armada of 72 ships sent against the Ottoman fleet anchor in Suez, Egypt, in response to its entry in ...
Spanish galleon San José explodes and sinks with the loss of almost all her 600 crew and an estimated 8.8 million ounces troy weight in gold. [ 2 ] July–December
The San Jose was sunk by British navy in 1708 off the Colombian port of Cartagena ‘Holy grail of shipwrecks’ to be raised from the deep – along with $20bn of treasure Skip to main content
San Carlos (ship) Spanish galleon San José; San Juan Bautista (ship) San Juanillo; San Miguel (1551 shipwreck) San Salvador (Guipúzcoan squadron) San Salvador (Cabrillo's ship) Santa Luzia (galleon) Santa Rosa (1726) Santa Teresa (1637) Spanish ship Santísima Trinidad (1751) São João Baptista (galleon) São Martinho (1580)