![]() Capture of Santa Catarina, 1604 woodcut print.
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History | |
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Captured | February 1603 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Carrack |
Tonnage | 1500 tons |
Santa Catarina was a Portuguese merchant ship, a 1500-ton carrack,[1] that was seized by the Dutch East India Company (also known as VOC) on 25 February 1603 off Singapore. She was such a rich prize that her sale proceeds increased the capital of the VOC by more than 50%.[2] From the large amounts of Ming Chinese porcelain captured in this ship, Chinese pottery became known in Holland as Kraakporselein, or "carrack-porcelain" for many years.[3]