Santa María de la Rosa

Name: Santa María de la Rosa
Address: IE

Merchant Vessel in Ireland, dating from 1588

945-ton merchant vessel, carrying 64 mariners, 225 soldiers and 26 carriage mounted cannon. Vice-flagship (Almiranta) of the Guipuzcoan squadron of the Spanish Armada. Wrecked in Blasket sound on September 21st 1588. Sydney Wignall, assisted by Colin Martin, carried out a survey and limited excavation on the wreck site in 1968-70. The wreck is on a flat shingle bottom in 35 - 40 meters. It was discovered that much of the lower forward hull was intact as it was pinned by the packed limestone ball

Type:: Merchant Vessel
Period:: 1588
Coordinates:: 52.10°N, 10.50°W

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