CTT Correios de Portugal's Mozambican postage stamp showing the galleon Santa Teresa.
History
Portugal
NameSanta Teresa
NamesakeSaint Theresa
BuilderPorto Shipyard
Launched1637
FateBurned and sunk, 1639
Notes
General characteristics
TypeGalleon
Tons burthen1,200 tonnes
Armament60 guns

Santa Teresa (English: Saint Theresa) was a 60-gun and 1,200-tonne Portuguese galleon, commanded by Admiral Lope de Hoces during the Battle of the Downs.

The ship had a very short life, and her most notable action was during the Battle of the Downs, on 21 October 1639, where Santa Teresa was commanded by Admiral Lope de Hoces. Santa Teresa was burned by a fire ship, and Admiral Lope de Hoces died.

Construction and characteristics

The galleon was built by Bento Francisco in Porto,[1][2] and launched in 1637.[3] It was armed with 60 guns, and it had 1,200 tons burthen.[2] It is classified in some contemporaneous documents as a galleon, and as a carrack in others.[4]

Bore comparison with her more famous contemporaries, the English HMS Sovereign of the Seas and the French Couronne, and in sea-going qualities probably surpassed both of them.[2]

All contemporary accounts of the battle emphasize her strength and beauty; and her destruction by a Dutch fireship forms the central theme of all contemporary paintings, prints and drawings relating to this famous action.[2]

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Saraiva 1839, p. 22.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Boxer 1984, pp. 388–389.
  3. ↑ Boxer 1984, p. 34.
  4. ↑ Boxer 1984, pp. 396.

Bibliography

  • Saraiva, Francisco de São Luís (1839). Lista de Alguns Artistas Portugueses (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Impresa Nacional.
  • Boxer, Charles Ralph (1984). From Lisbon to Goa, 1500-1750: Studies in Portuguese Maritime Enterprise. London: Variorum Reprints.
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