# Patache > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Patache > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Patache.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patache > Source revision: 1328465661 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Type of sailing vessel}} [[File:Desembarcoislasterceiras.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Spanish ships landing in the [Battle of Ponta Delgada](/source/Battle_of_Ponta_Delgada) (Battle of [Terceira Island](/source/Terceira_Island)) naval battle of 26 July 1582, between a Spanish fleet of 26 ships which included several ''pataches'' (tenders), commanded by Don [Álvaro de Bazán](/source/%C3%81lvaro_de_Baz%C3%A1n), and a French fleet of 60, led by [Admiral](/source/Admiral) [Philippe Strozzi](/source/Philippe_Strozzi), ending with a decisive victory for the Spanish]] [[File:Invincible Armada.jpg| thumb | upright=1.25 | English painting of the attempted invasion of [England](/source/England), in the Anglo-Spanish war of the late 16th century]] A '''patache''' (occasionally "'''patax'''" or "'''''pataje'''''") is a type of sailing vessel with two masts, very light and shallow, a sort of cross between a [brig](/source/brig) and a [schooner](/source/schooner), which originally was a warship, being intended for surveillance and inspection of the coasts and ports.{{cite book |last1=Culver |first1=Henry B. |last2=Grant |first2=Gordon |title=The Book of Old Ships: From Egyptian Galleys to Clipper Ships |year=1992 |orig-year=1924 |publisher=Courier Corporation |isbn=978-0-486-27332-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixrNeWSkr_4C&pg=PA155}} It was used as a tender to the fleet of vessels of more importance or size, and also for trans-Pacific travel, but later began to be used for trading voyages, carrying cargo burdens of 30 tons or more. ==History== Pataches were used by the [Spanish Navy](/source/Spanish_Navy) (''Armada Española'') in the 15th–18th centuries mainly for the protection and monitoring of the overseas territories of the [Spanish Empire](/source/Spanish_Empire). Because of their lightness and speed of movement privateers favored them in attacking commercial vessels.{{cite book |last=Hoffman |first=Paul E. |title=The Spanish Crown and the Defense of the Caribbean, 1535–1585: Precedent, Patrimonialism, and Royal Parsimony |year=1999 |publisher=Louisiana State University Press |isbn=978-0-8071-2427-7 |pages=67–69 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hE0P194SuIYC&pg=PA67}} Fleets of pataches participated in several historical battles: * The attempted Spanish invasion of [England](/source/England) by the Spanish Armada in 1588. * The [Battle of Ponta Delgada](/source/Battle_of_Ponta_Delgada) (Battle of Terceira Island) in 1582, between the French and Spanish. * The [Battle of Cape Gelidonya](/source/Battle_of_Cape_Gelidonya) in 1616 featured one patache. * They were part of Spain's Atlantic fleet, the ''Armada del Mar Océano'' from about 1700. * The [Battle of the Downs](/source/Battle_of_the_Downs) between the Spanish and Dutch navies was fought on 31 October 1639 in the [roadstead](/source/roadstead) of the [Downs](/source/The_Downs_(ship_anchorage)), the shoals near the coast of County [Kent](/source/Kent) in [England](/source/England), in the course of the [Eighty Years War](/source/Eighty_Years_War). ==List of historical pataches== * {{lang|es|Santiago}}, the smallest vessel in the [Loaísa expedition](/source/Garc%C3%ADa_Jofre_de_Loa%C3%ADsa) to the Pacific in 1525–26. After losing sight of her sister ships on 1 June 1526, {{lang|es|Santiago}} sailed north in a 10,000 kilometer voyage along the Pacific coast of South America, Central America and Mexico, becoming the first European vessel to pass within sight of North America's western coastline.{{cite book |last1=Berguni |first1=Jorge |editor1-last=Hardy |editor1-first=John |editor2-last=Frost |editor2-first=Alan |editor3-last=Moutinho |editor3-first=Isabel |title=European Voyaging Towards Australia |year=1990 |publisher=Australian Academy of the Humanities |isbn=978-0-909897-19-2 |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0909897190 |chapter=The south and mid-pacific voyages}} * {{lang|es|San Lucas}}, piloted by [Lope Martín](/source/Lope_Mart%C3%ADn) and commanded by [Alonso de Arellano](/source/Alonso_de_Arellano), was part of the expedition of [Miguel López de Legazpi](/source/Miguel_L%C3%B3pez_de_Legazpi) to the [Philippines](/source/Philippines) in 1564. It is a matter of some contention whether it was this ship or [Urdaneta's](/source/Andr%C3%A9s_de_Urdaneta) much larger [nao](/source/carrack), the {{lang|es|San Pedro}}, that was first to discover the crucial return path (or {{lang|es|[tornaviaje](/source/Manila_Galleon)}}) across the Pacific from the Philippines to New Spain. * ''St. Nicholas'', a frigate acquired by the [Spanish crown](/source/Spanish_crown) in 1636 from Gabriel Tamaril. * {{lang|es|Galgo}} (Greyhound) and ''The Margarita'', belonging to the Royal Navy Guard of the [Indies](/source/Spanish_West_Indies) run of the Spanish colonial convoy system, were stranded on the island of [Bermuda](/source/Bermuda) in 1639. * {{lang|es|Buen Jesús}}, sent by the Spanish crown in 1648 from [Panama](/source/Panama) to the Spanish colony of the [Philippine Islands](/source/Philippine_Islands) to discover if they had fallen into the hands of the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands). * {{lang|es|Santa Cruz}}, part of the [Tierra Firme](/source/Province_of_Tierra_Firme) Fleet, built in 1698 in the royal [shipyards](/source/shipyards) of [Guayaquil](/source/Guayaquil), Ecuador; armed with 44 cannons and a crew of 300 sailors under the command of Nicolas de la Rosa, Count de Vega Florida. * {{lang|es|Nuestra Señora del Carmen}} (Our Lady of Carmen), commanded by Captain Araoz in 1708. * {{lang|es|Germain}}, sunk in 1898 in Portosín, [Galicia](/source/Galicia_(Spain)). ==See also== * [Spanish Armada](/source/Spanish_Armada) * [Spanish treasure fleet](/source/Spanish_treasure_fleet) * [Charles II of Spain](/source/Charles_II_of_Spain) * [Philip V of Spain](/source/Philip_V_of_Spain) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== * Cesáreo Fernández Duro. ''Armada Española, desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón''. Editado por el Museo Naval de Madrid, 1972. ==External links== * [http://www.armada.mde.es/ArmadaPortal/page/Portal/ArmadaEspannola/ciencia_organo/prefLang_es/01_ciencia_museo Museo Naval] (Website of the [Museo Naval de Madrid](/source/Museo_Naval_de_Madrid)) * [http://cvc.cervantes.es/actcult/museo_naval/default.htm Museo Naval de Madrid]. [Centro Virtual Cervantes](/source/Instituto_Cervantes) * [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-urca.html/ The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea 2006: Urca] * [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-flyboat.html/ The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea 2006: Fly-boat] {{Sailing Vessels and Rigs}} Category:Warships Category:Age of Sail ships Category:Tall ships --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Patache](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patache) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patache?action=history)). 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