Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Dubbed the "holy grail" of shipwrecks, the San Jose was owned by the Spanish crown when it was sunk by the British navy near Cartagena in 1708. Only a handful of its 600-strong crew survived. Only ...
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.
It was a heavily armed Spanish galleon that served as the almirante (rear guard) for the Spanish fleet. It would trail behind the other ships in the flotilla to prevent an attack from the rear. Much of the wreck of Nuestra Señora de Atocha was famously recovered by an American commercial treasure hunting expedition in 1985.
Spanish galleon San José; San Miguel (1551 shipwreck) Santa María (ship) Scarborough (1782 ship) French ship Scipion (1778) USS Scuffle; Sea Witch (clipper) HMS Seaforth (1805) USS Stanton; HMS Stirling Castle (1775) USS Stockham (DD-683) SS Swiftstar
The San Jose galleon was owned by the Spanish crown when it was sunk by the British Navy in 1708 (Colombian Armada) ... Ceramic jars and other items from the 300-year-old shipwreck of the Spanish ...
The San Jose was sunk by British navy in 1708 off the Colombian port of Cartagena
The treasure fleets sailed along two sea lanes. The main one was the Caribbean Spanish West Indies fleet or Flota de Indias, which departed in two convoys from Seville, where the Casa de Contratación was based, bound for ports such as Veracruz, Portobelo and Cartagena before making a rendezvous at Havana in order to return together to Spain. [8]
The San Jose was sunk by British navy in 1708 off the Colombian port of Cartagena