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The other ships of the Columbus expedition were La Niña (real name Santa Clara) and Santa María. There are no known contemporary likenesses of Columbus's ships. Santa María (also known as the Gallega) was the largest, of a type known as a carrack (carraca in Spanish), or by the Portuguese term nau. La Niña and La Pinta were smaller. They ...
[7] [8] [9] Realizing that the ship was beyond repair, Columbus ordered his men to strip the timbers from the ship. The timbers were later used to build a fort which Columbus called La Navidad (Christmas) because the wreck occurred on Christmas Day, north from the modern town of Limonade. [10] [11] Santa María carried several anchors, possibly ...
The caravel Santa Cruz was then built following the model of La Niña to replace the sunken ships. The Santa Cruz, also known as La India, was the first ship built in America by the Spanish. [9] On June 11, 1496, the vessel returned to Spain with Columbus on board, as flagship. [10] [11] Niña was then chartered for an unauthorized voyage to Rome.
Pages in category "Ships built in Indiana" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. USCGC Cheyenne; G.
The fourth voyage of Columbus was a Spanish maritime expedition in 1502–1504 to the western Caribbean Sea led by Christopher Columbus.The voyage, Columbus's last, failed to find a western maritime route to the Far East, returned relatively little profit, and resulted in the loss of many crew men, all the fleet's ships, and a year-long marooning in Jamaica.
Three ships have borne the name SS Indiana. They are: SS Indiana (1848) - a steamship built in 1848 by F.M. Keating. SS Indiana (1873) - a passenger steamship launched in 1873 by William Cramp & Sons for the American Line. SS Indiana (1905) - a passenger ship launched by Societa Esercizio Bacini in 1905 for Lloyd Italiano
CSS Maurepas was a sidewheel steamer that briefly served as a gunboat in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War.Built in 1858 in Indiana as Grosse Tete (English: "big head"), the vessel was used in commercial trade until 1860 and then delivered mail until 1861, when she was acquired by the Confederate Navy.
Pages in category "Ships built in Jeffersonville, Indiana" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .