A Hoy Matey! The Santa Maria's Below!

Its nickname was La Gallega.  The ship was called a nao, which is Spanish for our word "ship," and such a ship would be called today a carrack. The ship itself was actually fat and slow and was meant for shipping cargo, not exploring unknown territory of the Earth.

   The ship probably weighed 100 tons, had a length of 18 meters, a keel length of 12 meters, beam of 6 meters, and a depth of 3 meters from keel to deck.  It had three masts, and each of these three masts carried one rather large sail.

The Crew of the Santa Maria

• Cristobal Colon (Christopher Columbus), captain-general

• Juan de la Cosa, owner and master

• Diego de Arana, master-at-arms

• Pedro de Gutierrez, royal steward

• Rodrigo de Escobedo, secretary of the fleet

• Rodrigo Sanchez, comptroller

• Diego de Salcedo, servant of Columbus

• Luis de Torres, interpreter

• Rodrigo de Jerez

• Alonso Chocero

• Alonso Clavijo

• Andres de Yruenes

• Antonia de Cuellar, carpenter

• Bartolome Biues

• Bartolome de Torres

• Bartolome Garcia, boatswain

• Chachu, boatswain

• Cristobal Caro, goldsmith

• Diego Bermudez

• Diego Perez, painter

• Domingo de Lequeitio

• Domingo Vizcaino, cooper

• Gonzalo Franco

• Jacomel Rico

• Juan, servant

• Juan de Jerez

• Juan de la Placa

• Juan Martines de Acoque

• Juan de Medina

• Juan de Moguer

• Juan Ruiz de la Pena

• Juan Sanchez, physician

• Lope, joiner

• Maestre Juan

• Marin de Urtubia

• Pedro de Terreros, cabin boy

• Pero Nino, pilot

• Pedro Yzquierdo

• Pedro de Lepe

• Rodrigo Gallego, servant

Sources:
==>http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/ships.htm

==>http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/crew.htm