Ferdinand magellan ships santiago
Santiago ship of magellan
5 ships of magellan and their captains...
| The Santiago's final journey, and the ground the crew hiked to survive. |
Updated from 5/27/22.
The wasthe smallest of the five ships in Ferdinand Magellan’s fleet, listed at 75 tons, and it had the smallest crew: just 33 men.
At a cost of 187,500 maradevis, it was also the least expensive ship. The was the only ship in Magellan’s fleet that was shipwrecked.
Ship | Tonnage | Maravedis | Crew |
San Antonio | 120 | 330,000 | 55 |
Trinidad (flagship) | 110 | 270,000 | 62 |
Concepción | 90 | 228,000 | 45 |
Victoria | 85 | 300,000 | 46 |
Santiago | 75 | 187,500 | 33 |
The Crew
The Santiago carried 14 crew members from Castile as well as crew members from France (6–7), Genoa (4), Flanders (2), and the Azores (1).
In addition to able seamen and apprentice seamen, the Santiago carried a caulker, a carpenter, a clerk, two gunners, a sergeant-at-arms, and two cabin boys.
Most notable aboard