- San Telmo (ship)
"San Telmo" ("Saint
Peter Gonzalez " or "SaintErasmus of Formiae ") was a Spanish 74-gunship of the line , launched in1788 .In
1819 the "San Telmo" commanded by Captain Rosendo Porlier was the flagship of a Spanish naval squadron bound forCallao (Peru) to reinforce colonial forces there fighting the independence movements inSpanish America . Damaged by severe weather in theDrake Passage , south ofCape Horn , it sunk off in September 1819.The 644 officers, soldiers and seamen lost onboard the "San Telmo" were the first people to die in
Antarctica , as parts of her wreckage were found months later by the first sealers who reachedLivingston Island . Indeed, if somebody of the "San Telmo" survived to set foot there they would be the first men in History to reach Antarctica.ee also
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List of ships of the line of Spain
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