# Are there any intact 17th century ships anywhere?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 3, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-intact-17th-century-ships-anywhere/501764 "2009-07-03T01:20:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-intact-17th-century-ships-anywhere/501764/1 "2009-07-03T01:20:58Z")

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Are there any preserved Galleons or warships from the 1600’s? Of the sort that would have been used during the days of Carribean Piracy? HMS Victory dates from the mid 1700’s so I suppose it’s possible something may be left from 100 years before.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-intact-17th-century-ships-anywhere/501764/2 "2009-07-03T01:33:11Z")

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**Quintas** , your first thread went through. I reported this so it can be closed.