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To: SJackson

In the fictional TV series I wrote earlier about, the ship that had been sunk by the British had civilians traveling on board it. Many were the families of the officers. It was part of 3-4 other ships traveling together. I don’t know what the policy was of civilians being on these galleons, but I wonder if any of the individuals, of the 600 that were supposed to be on the ship at the time it was sunk, could have been civilians. Wikipedia, nor any of the other articles I’ve looked at, mention that possibility.


24 posted on 11/06/2023 11:18:52 AM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: mass55th
Civilians would have not been uncommon though not in large numbers. Soldiers more likely in the event of boarding.

The Spanish Armada shipsAbout a century and a half earlier, they only have the crew and soldier numbers by squadron, but considerably smaller. I assume there's an original source for the 600 number.

25 posted on 11/06/2023 11:27:27 AM PST by SJackson (In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.)
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To: mass55th

BTW the Santa Ana listed on the Biscay squadron was the Santa And de San Jose referred to that way as there were 4 Santa Anas on the expedition.


27 posted on 11/06/2023 11:31:51 AM PST by SJackson (In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.)
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