Santa Catarina Do Monte Sinai

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Santa Catarina Do Monte Sinai was a higher-castled Portuguese carrack with 140 cannons, launched down in 1520 (length 38 m, width 13 m, draft 4-4,5 ΠΌ). Built in Kochi, India around 1512 it had two square rig masts and is depicted on a painting attributed to Joachim Patinir. In 1523 it was the flagship of Vasco da Gama.

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