# A British shot reached the magazine and the ship blew up.

> Most likely: A British shot reached the magazine and the ship blew up.

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# A British shot reached the magazine and the ship blew up.

A British shot reached the magazine and the ship blew up.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The site is a wide debris field with fragmented hull timbers and burnt material.
- British eyewitness accounts describe an explosion; Spanish survivors do too.

## What would rule it out

- The surveys show a largely coherent lower hull with cargo stowed in place and no blast signature.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Wager's journal and the British account describe her blowing up.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/san-jose-galleon/evidence/EVD0D4VYFTT1WT5/wagers-journal-and-the-british-account-describe-her-blowing)

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FOR

[The Spanish correspondence stresses the ship's poor condition and repairs rather than an explosion.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/san-jose-galleon/evidence/EVD0D4VYG2M43VS/the-spanish-correspondence-stresses-the-ships-poor-condition)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Why did the San José sink?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/san-jose-galleon/questions/QST0D4VYCN82NPV/why-did-the-san-jose-sink)

Most likelyA British shot reached the magazine and the ship blew up

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