Chalupa / a small boat

The chalupas, shallops, Xebecs, launches or boats were small vessels with or without sails that were used for short journeys, in sight of land or as a ship’s boat carried by larger vessels.

Image: "The Book of Old Ships" by Henry Culver & Gordan Grant, 1924

In our database

• Unknown Texas 05 (1528)

  Chalupa / a small boat which sunk in Texas in 1528 due to a storm. Captained by Tellez + Peñalosa.

• Vencedora (1846)

  Chalupa / a small boat which sunk in Florida in 1846.

• El Salvador (1750)

  Chalupa / a small boat which departed Havana (CUB) bound for Spain. She sunk in North Carolina in 1750 due to a hurricane. This ship captained by Joan Crueñas Gispert (Juan Cruanio) carried gold bullion, silver ingots and riches.

• Unknown Texas 01 (1528)

  Chalupa / a small boat which sunk in Texas in 1528 due to a storm. Captained by Andrés Dorantes y Alonso del Castillo.

• Unknown Texas 02 (1528)

  Chalupa / a small boat which sunk in Texas in 1528 due to a storm. Captained by Núñez Cabeza de Vaca y Alonso de Solís.

• Unknown Texas 03 (1528)

  Chalupa / a small boat which sunk in Texas in 1528 due to a storm. Captained by Pánfilo Narváez y Pantoja-Caballo.

• Unknown Texas 04 (1528)

  Chalupa / a small boat which sunk in Texas in 1528 due to a storm. Captained by Alonso Enríquez + Fray Juan Juárez.

• Unknown Florida 10 (1722)

  Chalupa / a small boat which sunk in Florida in 1722.