Details | ||
Nationality | Spanish | |
Ordered | ||
Started | 1731 | |
Named | ||
Launched | 1733 | |
Shipyard | Filipinas | Cavite |
Plans | Antonio Gaztanneta | |
Constructor | ||
Decks | 2 | |
Rate | 4th Rates | |
Class | Covadonga | |
System | Spanish | |
Crew | 385 | 1741 |
In Service | 1733 | |
Out Service | 1750-sep-01 | |
Fate | Wrecked |
Units | Length | Keel | Beam | Depth | Draught | Weight | Displacement | Source |
Codos | 60' (36 m.) | --- | ? (9 m.) | ? (5 m.) | --- | --- | 1,000 Tn. | |
Codos | 60' | 50' | 16'16" | 8'8" | 501 Tn | s1 |
Guns | Date | # | lbs | # | lbs | # | lbs | Fires | Source |
50 | 1733 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 10 | lbs (Kg.) | |
40 | 1745 | ? | 18 | ? | 10 | ? | 6 | lbs (Kg.) | |
30 | 1750 | 2 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | lbs (Kg.) |
1733-jul-23 | yyyy-mmm-dd | Captain D. Jeronimo Montero. | |
1736-jul-31 | yyyy-mmm-dd | Captain D. Baltasar de Araneta. | |
1738-aug-03 | yyyy-mmm-dd | Captain D. Francisco Antonio Sendin. | |
1741-jul-13 | 1743-mmm-dd | Captain D. Manuel Gomez de Bustamante. | |
1743-mmm-00 | yyyy-mmm-dd | Captain D. Juan Domingo Nebra. | |
1746-jul-24 | yyyy-mmm-dd | Admiral D. Juan Bautista Pannales y Carranza. |
yyyy-mmm-dd | yyyy-mmm-dd | Rank | Commander's name. | source/s |
1733-jul-26 | Left Filipinas to Acapulco with N S de Covadonga | |
1734-mar-21 | Arrived to Acapulco with N S de Covadonga | |
1734-apr-09 | Left Acapulco back to Filipinas with N S de Covadonga | |
1734-aug-00 | Arrived to Filipinas with N S de Covadonga | |
1736-jul-31 | Left Manila to Acapulco with N S de Covadonga | |
1737-jan-00 | Arrived to Acapulco with N S de Covadonga | |
1737-aug-00 | Arrived back to Filipinas with N S de Covadonga | |
1738-aug-03 | Left Cavite to Acapulco. | |
1739-feb-23 | Arrived to Acapulco, Nueva Espanna. | |
1739-aug-20 | Arrived to Cavite. | |
1741-jul-13 | Left Cavite to Acapulco. | |
1742-jan-19 | Arrived to Acapulco. | |
1742-dec-07 | Left Acapulco to Manila, avoiding Adm. Anson's nearby fleet, with 1,374,715 pesos. | |
1743-mar-19 | Arrived to Manila. | |
1743-mmm-00 | Due to the soon arrival of N S de Covadonga from Acapulco, left Manila to find Adm. Anson's ships. | |
1743-jul-07 | Run ashore at San Jacinto port. | |
1744-mar-21 | Recovered & repaired, left Cavite with N S del Rosario & 2 small vessels to look for Adm. Anson's ship at the waters off China. | |
1744-jul-00 | All returned to Cavite, failed the mission, Adm. Anson's was alredy in his way back to London. | |
1745-mmm-00 | At Manila. | |
1746-jul-24 | Left Manila to Acapulco with N S del Rosario | |
1747-jan-10 | Both arrived to Acapulco. | |
1747-apr-08 | Left Acapulco back to Manila with N S del Rosario & patache Santo Domingo. | |
1747-jul-07 | Entered at Manila with N S del Rosario & patache Santo Domingo. | |
1750-jul-31 | Left Manila with galeota San Jose to Acapulco. | |
1750-aug-26 | Entered at San Jacinto to get more cargo. | |
1750-sep-01 | Left San Jacinto. This is the last new of the ship. Wrecked. |
One of the Carrera de Filipinas' galleons. All his service history at the Pacific.
AGI, Filipinas.
Glyn Williams, "El mejor botín de todos los océanos"
Jesús Gacía del Valle y Gómez, "Retrato de un navío. Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza"
Cesáreo Fernández Duro, "Armada española", tomo VI.
"Planos del navío Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza, de la carrera Manila-Acapulco (1733-1750)", 2 Vol.; Jesús García del Valle y Gómez (s1)