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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]
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.
Shipwrecks on the low-lying, rocky reefs of Saint Brandon have been recorded since as early as 1591. In 1591, the Portuguese ship 'Bom Jesus' sank in Saint Brandon. Its exact whereabouts are not known. [26] On 12 February 1662, the Dutch East Indiaman sailing ship Arnhem wrecked itself on the rocks at Saint Brandon. [27] [28] [29]
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.
Bom Jesus (G) 64/70 (1636) Santa Teresa (G) (c. 1637) - Burnt at the Battle of the Downs, 1639; São Sebastião 54 - Burnt 1639; Sacramento - Sank 1647; Santa Luzia 30 - In 1649 fleet to Brazil; Nossa Senhora da Atalaia - Sank 1647; São Pedro da Ribeira (G) Padre Eterno (G) (1663) Santo António de Tana 54 - Sank 169
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."
Chalk up another historic shipwreck discovery for the Petrel, the research vessel funded by the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen: This time it's the USS Hornet, the World War II aircraft ...
Click through to see depictions of Jesus throughout history: The discovery came after researchers evaluated drawings found in various archaeological sites in Israel. Thus the dark skin, eyes and ...