San José

San José or San Jose is Spanish for Saint Joseph and most often refers to:

San José or San Jose may also refer to:

Places

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

Chile

Colombia

6216 San Jose

6216 San Jose is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun every 4.57 years.

The minor planet was discovered on September 30, 1975 by S. J. Bus at the Palomar Observatory and given the provisional designation 1975 SJ. In 1998 was renamed San Jose to honor the city of San Jose, California, United States, for its long support of nearby Lick Observatory particularly in efforts to reduce light pollution.

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Spanish galleon San José

San José was a 60-gun, 3-masted galleon of the Spanish Navy. It was launched in 1698, and sunk in battle off the coast of Cartagena, Colombia in 1708 while laden with gold, silver and emeralds worth about USD$1 billion (£662m) today.

Career

San José was designed by Francisco Antonio Garrote and built by Pedro de Aróstegui at the shipyard at Mapil, Usurbil, Spain. Construction started in 1697 and ended in 1698. They built twin ships simultaneously and named them San José and San Joaquín.

San José and San Joaquín were part of the Spanish treasure fleet during the War of the Spanish Succession, under General José Fernández de Santillán, the Count of Casa Alegre. On its final voyage, San José sailed as the flagship of a treasure fleet composed of three Spanish warships and 14 merchant vessels sailing from Portobelo, Panama to Cartagena, Colombia. On 8 June 1708, the fleet encountered a British squadron near Barú, leading to a battle known as Wager's Action. During the battle, the powder magazines of San José detonated, destroying the ship with most of her crew and the gold, silver, emeralds and jewellery collected in the South American colonies to finance the Spanish king's war effort. Of the 600 people aboard, only eleven survived.