Madre de Deus

Model of the Portuguese carrack Madre de Deus, in the Maritime Museum (Lisbon)
History
Portugal
Name	Madre de Deus, Mãe de Deus and Madre de Dios
Builder	Lisbon shipyards, Kingdom of Portugal
In service	1589 (1589)
Out of service	1592 (1593)
Fate	Captured by the English
General characteristics
Class and type	Carrack
Displacement	1600 tons
Tons burthen	900 tons
Length	30.48 m (100 ft) keel, 50.29 m (165 ft) (beakhead to stern)[2]
Beam	14.27 metres (46 ft 10 in)
Draught	9.45 m (31 ft)[α]
Sail plan	Full-rigged, main mast is 36.88 m (121 ft) high
Complement	600–700 men
Armament	At least 32 guns

Madre de Deus (Mother of God; also called Mãe de Deus and Madre de Dios) was a Portuguese ocean-going carrack, renowned for her capacious cargo and provisions for long voyages. She was returning from her second voyage East under Captain Fernão de Mendonça Furtado when she was captured by the English during the Battle of Flores in 1592 during the Anglo–Spanish War. Her subsequent capture stoked the English appetite for trade with the Far East, then a Portuguese monopoly.

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