São João Baptista (galleon) instance of galleon
The São João Baptista (English: Saint John the Baptist), nicknamed Botafogo ("Spitfire"), was a Portuguese galleon built in the 16th century, around 1530, considered the biggest and most powerful warship in the world by Portuguese, Castillian, and Italian observers of the time.History
The exact date of its construction is unknown; the oldest known references to the vessel mention the "great galleon São João" sailing in a convoy to Guinea, under the command of Duarte Coelho in 1532, but it could be simply a galleon with the same name.Cardinal Saraiva says in Lista de Alguns Artistas Portugueses that the galleon was built by João Galego, in Lisbon, laid down on 29 August 1533, working on it daily 30 workers, and the galleon was launched on 24 June 1534.The oldest known estimates regarding its armament range from 80 to 200 guns, including a large chase gun. It was among the earliest recorded vessels to have gun ports with lids, which were opened to expose the cannon as a show of firepower.In 1533, King John III pondered sending the great vessel to Goa, the capital of Portuguese India, so as to reinforce the firepower of Portuguese fleets that operated in the Indian Ocean against the galleys, dhows, and junks of Asia, but Duarte Coelho advised him against it.
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