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The
Santísima Trinidad was a Spanish
galleon destined for merchant shipping between the
Philippines and
México. It was the largest of the
Manila galleons; officially named
Santísima Trinidad y Nuestra Señora del Buen Fin, it was familiarly known as
El Poderoso (The mighty).
With its length of 51,5 m, beam of 15,2 m and draught of 10,1 m, its deplacement was 2,000 tons. It was equipped with 54 canons. It was constructed in
Manila in
1750. Its large volume and some construction errors made a transformation necessary in
1757 to reduced its deplacement.
In August
1762 it departed from
Cavite towards
Acapulco, but due to bad winds and a typhoon in the night of
october 2 which brought down 2 masts, the captain decided to return to the Philippines. He was unaware that Manila had fallen in British hands after the
Battle of Manila. The ship was intercepted by
HMS Panther under captain Hyde Parker and the frigate
HMS Argo under Richard King.
Panther opened fire, but did little damage to the thick wooden hull and caused few casualties. Nevertheless the disheartened crew of the
Santísima Trinidad decided to surrender. On board was a treasure to the value of two million dollars.
The ship was taken to
Portsmouth, where its sale earned the two captains 30,000
pounds, a fortune in that time. It is unknown what happened to the ship after the sale.
Not to be confused with
Sources
Marley, David F. "The Last Manila Galleon" in Warship 1991. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1991.
Schurz, William Lytle. The Manila Galleon. Manila: Historical Conservation Society, 1985.Further Information
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