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Spanish Ship San José
A number of ships of the Spanish Navy have borne the name ''San José'' in honour of Saint Joseph * ''San José'', a ship carrying the silver treasure of Real Situado to Valdivia that Wreckage of San José, wrecked in 1651 in the lands of the Cunco people. * (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 Spanish Succession * , a New England-built 326-ton ship in the Spanish treasure fleet, Spanish Treasure Fleet, sunk in a hurricane off the coast of Florida in 1733 * , a 70-gun ship of the line built at Havana and wrecked (without casualties) at Brest, France, Brest in April 1780 * , a polacca. * , a 112-gun ship of the line built at Ferrol, Spain, captured by the United Kingdom at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797), Battle of Cape St Vincent on 14 February 1797 and renamed {{DEFAULTSORT:San Jose, Spanish Ship Spanish Navy ship nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Navy
The Spanish Navy or officially, the Armada, is the maritime branch of the Spanish Armed Forces and one of the oldest active naval forces in the world. The Spanish Navy was responsible for a number of major historic achievements in navigation, the most famous being the discovery of America and the first global circumnavigation by Elcano. For several centuries, it played a crucial logistical role in the expansion and consolidation of the Spanish Empire, and defended a vast trade network across the Atlantic Ocean between the Americas and Europe, and the Manila Galleon across the Pacific Ocean between the Philippines and the Americas. The Spanish Navy was the most powerful maritime force in the world from the late 15th century to the early 18th century. In the early 19th century, with the loss of most of its empire, Spain transitioned to a smaller fleet but maintained a major shipbuilding industry which produced important technical innovations. The Spanish Navy built and oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
