1990 after being surveyed by sonar side scan on behalf of '5º Centenario' (Spanish Government 500th anniversary of America's discovery) remains of the wreckage 'Santo Cristo de Maracaibo' were found off the Cíes Islands by R.O.V submarine at 79 metres depth, Contractor: Hidrografic S.A., Tarragona, Surveyor and R.O.V. Pilot: Olaf Hingst, Vessel: 'Potela Seis', Vigo. Fleets In popular culture The battle is referred to in Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. The book's protagonist, Captain Nemo, draws his wealth and the funding for his submarine Nautilus from the cargoes of the ships sunk by the Grand Alliance fleet during the battle, which are depicted as never having offloaded their treasure and as being easily accessible to divers. Notes References Francis, David (1975). The First Peninsular War: 1702–1713. Ernest Benn Limited. Kamen, Henry (1966). "The Destruction of the Spanish Silver Fleet at Vigo in 1702". Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research 39 (100): 165–73. Kamen, Henry (2001). Philip V of Spain: The King who Reigned Twice. Yale University Press. Le Fevre, Peter & Harding, Richard (eds.) (2000). Precursors of Nelson: British Admirals of the Eighteenth Century. Chatham Publishing. Lynn, John A (1999). The Wars of Louis XIV: 1667–1714. Longman. Roger N.A.M (2006). The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain 1649–1815. Penguin Group. Stanhope, Philip (1836). History of the War of the Succession in Spain. London Symcox, Geoffrey (1973). War, Diplomacy, and Imperialism: 1618–1763. Harper & Row. Trevelyan, G. M (1948). England Under Queen Anne: Blenheim. Longmans, Green and co. Wolf, John B (1962). The Emergence of the Great Powers: 1685–1715. Harper & Row. Vigo Bay Vigo Bay Vigo Bay Vigo Bay Vigo Bay Vigo Bay Vigo 1702 in France 1702 in Spain Naval battles