Vessels and Galleons

Barbaric pirates Xebec. Mediterranean Sea, 17th Century

Golden Hind, 1578

"HMS Agamennon"
Lord Nelson's ship as Captain in 1793-96

"HMS Victory"
The famous flagship of Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, signalling "England expects that every man will do his duty".
This 104 gun, first rate wooden Ship of the line was built at Chatham in 1765.

HMS Leopard, 1790

HMS Vanguard, 1787

"Revenue Cutter"

"HMS Victory"
The famous flagship of Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. This 104 gun, first rate wooden Ship of the line was built at Chatham in 1765.

"The SANTA MARIA"
"La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción" or "La Santa María", was the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage. She ws launched in 1460.

"The Niña"
The Niña, like the Pinta and Santa María, was a smaller trade ship built to sail the Mediterranean sea, not the open ocean. The Nina was "about 60 toneladas" (60 tons), which may indicate a medium-sized caravel of around 50 feet (15 m) in length on deck.

"The PINTA"
La "Pinta" was a caravel-type vessel and the fastest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first transatlantic voyage in 1492.

The Sovereign of the Seas, 1637
Sovereign of the Seas was a 17th-century warship of the English Navy. She was ordered as a 90-gun first-rate ship but at launch, was armed with 102 bronze guns at the insistence of the king. Served from 1638 until 1697, when a fire burned the ship to the waterline at Chatham.