English ship Dainty (1588)

	Scale model of an English galleon
History
England
Name	Repentance
Builder	Built in the River Thames
Laid down	1588
Launched	1588
Renamed	Dainty (1589)
Captured	By the Spaniards on 2 July 1594 in the San Mateo Bay action
Spain
Name	Nuestra Señora de la Visitación (usually also called Visitación)
Acquired	2 July 1594
In service	1594–1619
Nickname(s)	La Inglesa
Fate	Sold (fate unknown)
General characteristics
Class and type	Race-built galleon
Tons burthen	300–400 or 500 tons
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	115 (ideal crew)
Armament	English service:; 20–32 guns (1593–1594); Spanish service:; 18 guns (1600); 12 guns (1615);

Dainty was an English race-built galleon that began to be built in 1588. The original name was Repentance, but this was soon changed. It participated in some naval engagements in the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604). In 1593 it sailed from England under Richard Hawkins to navigate the Pacific Ocean and circumnavigate the world, but was captured the following year by the Spaniards when it was sailing off the coast of what is now Ecuador. It was commissioned by the Spaniards as Nuestra Señora de la Visitación (or Visitación), serving in the South Pacific for several years.

^ Colledge, James Joseph (1969). Ships of the Royal Navy: Major ships (excluding trawlers, drifters, tugs, etc.). David & Charles. p. 151.
^ Weightman, Alfred (1957). Heraldry in the Royal Navy: crests and badges of H. M. ships. Gale and Polden. p. 148.
^ Sluiter, Engel (1998). The Gold and Silver of Spanish America, C. 1572-1648. Oakland, USA: Bancroft Library, University of California. p. 138.
^ Taiana, Jorge (1985). La gran aventura del Atlántico Sur: Navegantes, descubridores y aventureros, siglos XVI-XVIII (in Spanish). "El Ateneo" Editorial. p. 158.
^ Lohmann Villena 1977, pp. 47–48.
^ Bradley 2009, p. 31.
^ Bradley 2009, p. 37.

[1] Colledge, James Joseph (1969). Ships of the Royal Navy: Major ships (excluding trawlers, drifters, tugs, etc.). David & Charles. p. 151.

[2] Weightman, Alfred (1957). Heraldry in the Royal Navy: crests and badges of H. M. ships. Gale and Polden. p. 148.

[3] Sluiter, Engel (1998). The Gold and Silver of Spanish America, C. 1572-1648. Oakland, USA: Bancroft Library, University of California. p. 138.

[4] Taiana, Jorge (1985). La gran aventura del Atlántico Sur: Navegantes, descubridores y aventureros, siglos XVI-XVIII (in Spanish). "El Ateneo" Editorial. p. 158.

[FOOTNOTELohmann_Villena197747–48-5] Lohmann Villena 1977, pp. 47–48.

[FOOTNOTEBradley200931-6] Bradley 2009, p. 31.

[FOOTNOTEBradley200937-7] Bradley 2009, p. 37.

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