The Victoria , commanded by Fernão de Magalhães and Juan Sebastián Elcano , was one of the five ships that made the first round of the world ( 1519 - 1522 ). The name comes from the church of Santa Maria de la Victòria in Triana , where Magalhães swore to serve Emperor Charles V. The ship Victoria was built in the shipyards of Ondarroa ( Basque Country ).
The Victoria was the only ship of the five to return to Spain from this first circumnavigation voyage. Of the 234 sailors who started the journey, only 18 finished it. Magalhães himself died fighting in the Philippines .
The other four ships were the Trinitat (110 tons, 55 sailors, Magalhães ship), the Sant Antoni (120 tons, 60 sailors), the Concepció (90 tons, 45 sailors) and the Santiago (75 tons, 32 sailors) .
On September 6 , 1522 , the Victoria arrived in Sanlúcar de Barrameda under the command of Juan Sebastián Elcano, and with 17 other survivors, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the Earth.
