Victoria (ship)

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For other ships named Victoria see Victoria#Transport & Naval

The Victoria was one of the five ships of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition to the Spice Islands or Moluccas. It was named after the church of Santa María de la Victoria de Triana, where Magellan took an oath of allegiance to Charles of Spain.

She was the only ship to survive the expedition which circumnavigated the globe between 1519 and 1522. Only 18 of the 265 crew that the expedition started with survived the trip. Magellan himself had been killed in the Philippines.

The four ships that did not return were the following: the Trinidad (tonnage 110, crew 55), the San Antonio (tonnage 120, crew 60), the Concepción (tonnage 90, crew 45) and the Santiago (tonnage 75, crew 32). The Trinidad was Magellan's flagship.

Victoria was classified as carrack or nao (ship), as were all the others except Trinidad, which was a caravel.

[edit] Importance of achievement

On September 6, 1522, the Victoria returned to Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain, with Juan Sebastián Elcano and 17 survivors of Ferdinand Magellan's 265-man expedition, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the globe. In proving that ships could sail around the planet, Magellan's expedition ended a long era in which men had lived in a constantly expanding world. One of the survivors was Antonio Pigafetta, whose journals provide most of what is known about the voyage around the world.

[edit] Returning Crew

The eighteen who returned to Seville in the Victoria.

• Juan Sebastian Elcano, captain-general.
• Miguel de Rodas, boatswain (contramaestre) of the Victoria.
• Francisco Albo, of Axio, boatswain of the Trinidad.
• Juan de Acurio, of Bermeo, boatswain of the Concepcion.
• Maartin de Judicibus, of Genoa, superintendent of the Concepcion.
• Hernando de Bustamante, of Alcantara, barber of the Concepcion.
• Juan de Zuvileta, of Baracaldo, page of the Victoria.
• Miguel Sanchez, of Rodas, skilled seaman (marinero) of the Victoria.
• Nicholas the Greek, of Naples, marinero of the Victoria.
• Diego Gallego, of Bayonne, marinero of the Victoria.
• Juan Rodriguez, of Seville, marinero of the Trinidad.
• Antonio Rodriguez, of Huelva, marinero of the Trinidad.
• Francisco Rodriguez, of Seville (a Portuguese), marinero of the Concepcion.
• Juan de Arratia, of Bilbao, common sailor (grumete) of the Victoria.
• Vasco Gomez Gallego (a Portuguese), grumete of the Trinidad.
• Juan de Santandres, of Cueto, grumete of the Trinidad.
• Martin de Isaurraga, of Bermeo, grumete of the Concepcion.
• The Chevalier Antonio Pigafetta, of Vicenza, passenger.