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Boaty McBoatface’s friends Pt.2

In this article we go from Galleons to Clipper Ships. We will hit the age of steam in the next
article. The date when this ship was launched is shown for known vessels and I have
included a little about each. Obviously you can find more on Wikipedia,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

The Santa Maria needs no introduction – or does it? The
name of the vessel is never mentioned in contemporary
documents but it is thought to be a (renamed) vessel built in
1460. It is officially known as a Nao, a slightly larger vessel
than the other two ships, Santa Clara (Niña was a
nickname) & Pinta, both Caravels. None of the three were
large by standards of the time and none were designed for
open ocean voyaging.

These next three are generic galleons.
Ships like these were built for several
centuries. All these minis are from Italy and
all are ‘stock’ Italian ceramics used by a
number of companies. The first is from
Manzoni (also filled by Soardi, the second
from Alpa (also filled by Drioli, Ardent and
Linfa Salus), the flask is from Valenti (also
filled by Fili-e-Ferrui).

The Golden Hinde was not the first ship to
circumnavigate the earth, that honour goes
to Victoria, the lead ship of a Spanish
expedition (1519-1522) led by a
Portuguese captain, Ferdinand Magellan.
However, Magellan did not complete the
voyage, having died in what is now The
Philippines. Francis, later Sir Francis Drake
completed the voyage (1577-1580) in the
Golden Hind. To the left we have a
Spanish galleon. Spain sent 130 ships to attack England (the Spanish Armada) in 1588. English
Queen, Elizabeth I, ordered Drake to stop them. There were very few navy ships at that time but most

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