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While little is known about the history of the Bom Jesus itself, it is speculated that the ship was part of a class of naval vessels that were larger, more efficient, and more durable than previous Portuguese and Spanish vessels in order to facilitate the longer-distance expeditions carried out by Portuguese fleets during this time. [1]
Bom Jesus Portugal: A Portuguese nau that set sail from Lisbon in 1533. It was discovered in 2008 on the coast near Oranjemund. [9] Dunedin Star United Kingdom: 29 November 1942 A refrigerator ship that ran aground on the Skeleton Coast, 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of the Kunene River. [10
Although scanty, the hull remains have preserved carpenters marks that allowed a tentative reconstruction of the ship's hull. Until the 2008 discovery of the Bom Jesus shipwreck near Oranjemund in Namibia, this shipwreck was the only known Portuguese Indiaman from the 16th and early 17th centuries not destroyed by treasure hunters.
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An old shipwreck, believed to be the World War I vessel the SS Tobol, has been uncovered off the northeast coast of Scotland, solving what discoverers say is a "107-year-old maritime mystery ...
One of many rusting ship hulls along the Skeleton Coast (Dunedin Star) One of the oldest shipwrecks in the Skeleton Coast region is that of the Bom Jesus , near the town of Oranjemund . It ran aground during the 1530s and is known to be one of the oldest discovered shipwrecks of the Iberian Atlantic tradition in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Peter von Danzig, ship of the Hanseatic League in 1460s–1470s. La Gran Carracca, the ship of the Order of St. John during their rule over Malta. [9] Bom Jesus, a Portuguese ship that disappeared in 1533 after sailing from Lisbon. The well preserved shipwreck was discovered in 2008 on the coast of Namibia, along with its cargo of assorted ...
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