San Diego (ship)
 San Diego sinking | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Fate: | Sunk 14 December 1600 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Galleon |
| Tonnage: | 300 tons |
| Length: | 115 ft (35 m) |
The galleon San Diego was built as the trading ship San Antonio before hastily being converted into a warship. On December 14, 1600, the fully laden San Diego was engaged by the Dutch warship Mauritius under the command of Admiral Olivier van Noort a short distance away from Fortune Island, Nasugbu, Philippines. Since San Diego couldn't handle the extra weight of her cannons, which led to a permanent list and put the cannon portholes below sea level, she was sunk without firing a single shot in response.[1] The Dutch were later reported firing upon and hurling lances at the survivors attempting to climb aboard the Mauritius.
Nearly 400 years later, in 1992, the wreck was discovered[2] by French underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio[3] and a total of 34,407 artifacts and ecofacts were recovered from the shipwreck, including Chinese porcelain, Japanese katanas, Portuguese cannon and Mexican coin. The San Diego exhibition[4] has been on tour around the globe before it started to permanently be displayed at the new Museum of the Filipino People.
References
- ↑ Spate, Oskar Hermann Khristian (1983). Monopolists and Freebooters. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7099-2371-6.
- ↑ "Galleon San Diego". Institut Européen d’Archéologie Sous-Marine (in French).
- ↑ "San Diego". Ancient Trade Routes.
- ↑ "San Diego Exhibitions". Institut Européen d’Archéologie Sous-Marine (in French).
Bibliography
- Desroches, Jean-Paul, ed. (1994). Treasures of the San Diego, catalogue of the exhibition. New York: AFAA.
Documentary film
- Die Schätze der San Diego - Tauchfahrt in die Vergangenheit. ARD-Dokumentation (1997). Regie: Torsten Sasse. (DVD in German/English/Spanish)
External links
- "Account of the battle between the San Diego and the Mauritius". VOC Shipwrecks. Archived from the original on 2009-03-02.