Ragusan ships in Spanish navy 1584-1654, homeport. Dubrovnik

In his article dealing with Ragusan ships serving in the Spanish Armada of 1588, De Courcy Ireland referred to the important role of Ragusan ships in Spanish naval service. The friar Dediserio Nenchi made in 1654 a list of the 178 Ragusan ships lost in Spanish service in the period 1584-1654. His list is far from complete while for instance ships sunk near Mljet, Lastovo and other places were not included. Dr. Hrvoje Tartalja wrote that the ships lost in the fleet of the governors Martolosić and Mažibradić in the war of 1653 against the France and the Dutch Republic also were excluded. I wasn’t able to see the manuscript in the British Museum ADD.MS. 14,008 titled Dominio, Sito e Costumi della Republica di Ragusa, dated around 1622. The Museum didn’t respond to my requests for a copy of it.

I suppose karaka can probably be translated as carrack. I already translated in the text below galijun as galleon. A kola is a indication of the ships’ measure of volume. I haven’t been able yet to find the equivalent in West European terms, presumable something like a ton. De Courcy Ireland mentioned the carro which was smaller as a ton, for instance 1100 carri was the equivalent of 740 tons. I found in a table dealing with old weights, measurements and so on that a carro was a dry and liquid measure used in Italy. Of Dubrovnik totally 55 ships.

Sv. Ante Padovanski, karaka, captain Jako Pjerutovíc, 900 kola
Sv. Ana, galleon, captain Lucari, 600 kola
Sv. Nikola, karaka, captain Menze, 700 kola
Sveti ružarij, galleon, captain Bassegli, 600 kola
Sv. Križ, karaka, captain Stjepan Bočina, 700 kola(fleet Petra Ohmučeví Grgurić)
Sv. Dominik, galleon, captain S. Bočina, 500 kola
Sv. Franjo, kareka, captain Ante Maroica, 800 kola
Sv. Raimund, galleon, captain Getaldić, 500 kola
Sv. Filip i Jakov, galleon, captain Vangelista, 600 kola
Sv. Vinko, karake, captain Ivan Paskvali, 700 kola
Sv. Elmo, galleon, captain Paskvali, 600 kola
Sv. Elizabeta, karaka, captain Guquen, 750 kola
Sv. Lovro, galleon, captain Ivan Batsita Saggri, 530 kola
Sv. Josip, galleon, captain Ivan Radov, 500 kola
Sv. Petar, karaka, captain Ivan Cerva. 900 kola
Sv. Roko, karaka, captain Ivan Cerva, 800 kola
Sv. Dominik, karaka, captain Ivan Trifoni, 900 kola
Sv. Vlaho, galleon, captain Palmotta, 550 kola
Svi Sveti, karaka, captain Rossini, 700 kola
Sv. Mihajlo Arkanđel, karaka, captain Ivan Gradić, 700 kola
Sv. Marija Magdalena, galleon, captain Buresić, 500 kola
Milosrđe, karaka, captain Marin Radulovíc, 700 kola (fleet Petra Ohmučeví Grgurić)
Sv. Franjo, karaka, captain M. Radulovíc, 800 kola
Sveti Spasitelj, karaka, captain M. Radulovíc, 900 kola
Sv. Vinko, galleon, captain Ivan Biagini, 600 kola
Isus i Marija, karaka, captain Stjepan Rusko, 800 kola
Sv. Marta, karaka, captain S. Rusko, 750 kola
Sveti Anđeo, karaka, captain S. Rusko, 700 kola
Sv. Ursula, galleon, captain S. Rusko, 500 kola
Sv. Juraj, galleon, captain S. Rusko, 530 kola
Sveta Marij od Ružuraija, karaka, captain Anticherni, 1100 kola
Sv. Bonaventura, karaka, captain Radelja or Radagli, 700 kola
Sv. Franjo, galleon, captain Radelja, 600 kola
Sv. Toma, galleon, captain Marulini, 500 kola
Sv. Stjepan, karaka, captain Kolenda, 800 kola
Sv. Karlo,galleon, captain Borgiani, 500 kola
Sv. Martin, ship called brod(=nava), captain Soltani, 400 kola
Sv. Marko, galleon, captain Gittrasi, 500 kola
Sv. Katarina, ship called brod(=nava), captain Mažibrada, 450 kola
Sv. Lazar, karaka, captain Mažibrada, 700 kola
Sv. Benedikt, galleon, captain Fabri, 600 kola
Presveti ružarij, kareka, captain Barbuini, 850 kola
Sv. Dominik, galleon, captain Barbuini, 500 kola
Sv. Antun Padovanski, karaka, captain Brattuti, 700 kola
Sv. Simeon i Juda, galleon, captain Nale, 500 kola
Sv. Nikola, nav, captain Simon, 460 kola
Madonna di Piombo, galleon, captain Ivan Koppulano, 600 kola
Sveti Križ, nav, captain Koppulani, 400 kola
Sv. Andrija, galleon, captain Tripko, 500 kola
Sv. Petar, karaka, captain Nikola Alegretti, 750 kola
Sv. Pavao, nav, captain N. Alegretti, 400 kola
Presveti ružarij, galleon, captain Glegjevíc, 540 kola
Sveti Spasitelj, galleon. captain Julije Longo, 600 kola
Gospa or Karmena, karaka, captain J. Longo, 700 kola
Sv. Vlaho, karaka, captain Zuqueni, 800 kola

Sources
J. de Courcy Ireland, “Ragusa and the Spanish Armada of 1588”, Mariners Mirror, 1978.
Dr. Hrvoje Tartalja, “Neko Podaci učestvovanju dubrovače flote u ratovuima XV i XVYY St.” in: Pomorski Zbornik. Društva za proučavanje I unapredenje pomortstva jugoslavije, vol 7, Zadar 1969.