San Diego Shipwreck

On December 14th, 1600, San Diego, which was a warship converted from trading vessel San Antonio, sank while engaged by the Dutch warship Mauritius.

In 1992, the wreck was salvaged by french  underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio.  About 34,000 artifacts were recovered from the shipwreck, including Chinese porcelain,  Portuguese cannon and Mexican coin.

The Ming Wanli period porcelain consisted of mainly Jingdezhen made kraak porcelain.  There were also some Swatow (Zhangzhou) ware and large storage jars.

The San Diego exhibition is now permanently displayed at the National Museum of the Filipino People.