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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 ...
February — San Bartolomé ( Spain): The Spanish Fleet of Indies galleon was lost on the Isles of Scilly. She was carrying lead ingots and fragments of bronze bells. [158] 17 November — São Francisco ( Portugal): The carrack (nau) ran aground and was then burned by the English on the island of São Miguel, Azores. [159]
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.
A Spanish galleon described as “the Holy Grail of shipwrecks” is set to be raised from the ocean floor - along with its treasures which are believed to be worth up to $20bn in today’s money ...
Ceramic jars and other items from the 300-year-old shipwreck of the Spanish galleon San Jose on the floor of the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Colombia (AP) Eleven million gold coins are thought ...
The Spanish treasure fleet, or West Indies Fleet (Spanish: Flota de Indias, also called silver fleet or plate fleet; from the Spanish: plata meaning "silver"), was a convoy system of sea routes organized by the Spanish Empire from 1566 to 1790, which linked Spain with its territories in the Americas across the Atlantic.
An ocean liner that ran aground on a reef, becoming Bermuda's largest shipwreck. Curlew: 17 March 1856 A barquentine that was wrecked on the northern reefs. Darlington: 22 February 1886 A steamship that was wrecked on the Western Reef. Eagle: 12 January 1659 A merchantman that was wrecked on the northeast breakers. Elda: 20 June 1956
The San Jose was sunk by British navy in 1708 off the Colombian port of Cartagena