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Merchant ships of the Philippines include merchant ships built, designed, or operated in or by the Philippines. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The Manila galleon (Spanish: Galeón de Manila; Tagalog: Galeon ng Maynila) refers to the Spanish trading ships that linked the Philippines in the Spanish East Indies to Mexico , across the Pacific Ocean. The ships made one or two round-trip voyages per year between the ports of Manila and Acapulco from the late 16th to early 19th century. [2]
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Santísima Trinidad was a galleon destined for merchant shipping between the Philippines and Mexico.Launched in 1751, she was one of the largest Manila galleons built. . Officially named Santísima Trinidad y Nuestra Señora del Buen Fin, and familiarly known as The Mighty (Spanish: El Poderoso), she is not to be confused with the ship-of-the-line the Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad ...
Despite an impending naval incident, the ship remained under Filipino control until the Philippine–American War proved the naval superiority of the American Asiatic Squadron and decimated the Revolutionary Navy. [5] After the US conquest of the Philippines, the ship was returned to CGTF and resumed her original name and commercial service.
In 1574, the Teochew pirate, Lim A-hong, envious of the profits of the Hokkien Chinese merchant trade routes to Manila attempted to take over Manila himself with his force of wokou pirates, composed of a fleet of 62–70 ships, 3000 wokou Chinese pirates, and 400 wakÅ Japanese ronin, on November 29 and December 2, 1574, and was repelled both ...
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Karakoa were distinct from other traditional Philippine sailing vessels in that they were equipped with platforms for transporting warriors and for fighting at sea. During peacetime, they were also used as trading ships. Large karakoa, which could carry hundreds of rowers and warriors, were known as joangas (also spelled juangas) by the Spanish.