| Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación y Desengaño | |
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| Vital statistics | |
| Port | Acapulco
Manila |
| Owner | Spanish Navy |
| Captain | Jean Presberty |
| Crew | 74 men |
| Passengers | {{{passengers}}} |
| Status | Unknown |
| Type | Manila Galleon |
| Weapons | Cannons |
| Battles | Boarding of the Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación y Desengaño |
| Affiliation | Spanish Navy |
| First appearance | Mentioned in: XXIII. |
Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación y Desengaño was a Manila galleon during the War of the Spanish Succession captured by Woodes Rogers.
History[]
Background[]
Woodes Rogers, a privateer during the war, found the galleon and chased her. After hounding her for days, the Spanish ship fired a shot from her stern chasers at a near impossible angle. The shot hit Rogers’ ship right at the helm, scarring Rogers and killing his brother Thomas. In revenge, Rogers started by killing the captain slowly and deliberately. He then moved to his first mate, and then the gun captains, and then the gun crews. Out of the crew of 74, only one of them was left alive, whom Rogers dropped off at Acapulco[1]. Among the killed was Governor Raja’s brother, Simón[2].
Season Three[]
Eleanor Guthrie asks Woodes Rogers how he got his scar. Rogers explains that while he was a privateer during the war, he and his brother Thomas tracked a Spanish galleon that moments before surrendering, fired a shot from her stern chaser that hit Rogers' ship at the helm, scarring him and killing his brother[3].
Season Four[]
Captain Berringer asks Rogers if he has what it takes to defeat Edward Teach, and lead his men in doing what is necessary to win the war against the pirates. Rogers tells Berringer about how he murdering the entire crew of Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación one by one, starting with the captain and then moving down the chain of command, for killing his brother. Rogers left one man alive, whom he deposited in Acapulco to spread the tale[1].
When Rogers goes to Havana to enlist the aid of Governor Raja in driving the pirates out of Nassau, Rogers says they are only enemies because their kings say they are. Raja then mentions the murder of his brother beneath a flag of surrender and how he heard Rogers personally wielded the sword. Rogers admits it, and Raja tells him that they are not enemies because their kings say they are and not to insult him by suggesting otherwise[2].
Crew[]
- Captain Jean Presberty†
- Midshipman Simón de Raja†
Quotes[]
"After they surrendered, I went aboard the ship. And I began with the captain. I was more deliberate with him. It took some time. Then I moved to his first mate. The gun captains. gun crews. 74 men aboard that ship when I boarded her. But by the time we reached Acapulco, there was only one. The one I delivered alive to recount the tale."- Woodes Rogers in XXXI.
"I had a younger brother once. Simón. He was a midshipman aboard Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación. Beneath a flag of surrender, he was butchered." - Governor Raja in XXXIII.
Trivia[]
- The image of the ship featured above is from a copy of Woodes Rogers' book, A Crusing Voyage Round the World, owned by the John Carter Brown Library. It can be found here .
- The real ship carried 193 men and 20 cannons.