Famous Ships and Boats in History

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Spanish Ships; First, Last, Oldest

Numancia — Spanish broadside ironclad
First ironclad to circumnavigate the Earth. She was built as an armored frigate in France and sold to the Spanish in 1865. LAUNCHED: 1863, November 18 → FATE: Sank while under tow December 17, 1916.

Victoria — Spanish carrack or nao
First ship to circumnavigate the world — August, 1519 to September of 1522; a total of 42,000 miles. Captain Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Phillipines; another four ships were lost along the way. LAUNCHED: 1518, about → FATE: 1522 or soon after.

The number of Spanish Ships; First, Last, Oldest listed is 2

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First Ship on each page
Page	Ship Name (Country and Type)
1.	Victoria (Spanish carrack or nao)

Spanish
Ships; First, Last, Oldest

Victoria Spanish carrack or nao

About the Data

There are more than 400 ships in this database, but the initial list is only for famous ships names that begin with letters "A-B". For other listings, use the country and type tabs.

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Although submarines are usually called boats, they are grouped with ships here.

Most of the information comes from Wikipedia.