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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.
San José, a ship carrying the silver treasure of Real Situado to Valdivia that wrecked in 1651 in the lands of the Cunco people. Spanish galleon San José (1698), a 60-gun galleon of the Armada de la Guardia de la Carrera de las Indias destroyed on 8 June 1708 (New Style) during Wager's Action off Cartagena de Indias , Colombia in the War of ...
The identity of the shipwreck is in no doubt. From the dive photographs, Colombian marine archaeologists [12] have identified San José by her unique bronze cannons engraved with dolphins. Colombia has claimed the galleon as part of its submerged patrimony and has classified the information regarding the location of the galleon as a state ...
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 ...
San Ramón 68 (launched 6 April 1775 at Havana) - Aground in storm and burnt by the French 1810; San Eugenio 80 (launched 29 June 1775 at Ferrol) - BU 1804; San Isidoro 64 (ex-Neapolitan, transferred 1776) - Wrecked 26 October 1794; San Leandro 64 (ex-Neapolitan, transferred 1776) - Sold 1784; Purísima Concepción class 112 guns
A US salvage consortium called Glocca Morra claimed to have located the San Jose in 1981, but the Colombian government has disputed this, claiming it independently found the galleon with a team of ...
The San Jose is thought to have been carrying 200 tonnes of silver, emeralds and eleven million gold coins at the time that it sank. The treasure’s value is thought to total up to $20bn in today ...
San Carlos (ship) Spanish galleon San José; San Juan Bautista (ship) San Juanillo; San Miguel (1551 shipwreck) San Salvador (Guipúzcoan squadron) San Salvador (Cabrillo's ship) Santa Luzia (galleon) Santa Rosa (1726) Santa Teresa (1637) Spanish ship Santísima Trinidad (1751) São João Baptista (galleon) São Martinho (1580)