Name: La Santa Ana (Spain)
Card: CC #050 (Uncommon)
Points: 12
Masts: 4
Cargo: 6
Moves: S+S
Guns : 4S,4L,4L,4S
Hit %: 133 (S), 67 (L)
Ability: This ship gets +1 to her cannon rolls against French ships.

This is the original Santa Ana, which is a gold ship. The revised Santa Ana, which came out in the South China Seas release, has much better cannons and a second action; she's my favorite Spanish flagship. It's too bad the rules won't let you use both in the same fleet.

When a ship has both speed and cargo, gold is her logical role. This ship can move adequately, and her cargo is enough for multiple wild islands in one cruise. If you added a Helmsman, she'd still have plenty of room, and her speed would be nothing short of awesome. Her cannons are more decorative than useful, unless a French ship presents itself as a target, but four masts make a gold ship hard to sink. Her point cost is very reasonable.

La Santa Ana isn't a fighting ship, in spite of her four masts; she's a getter of gold. And she is a very, very good getter of gold. She isn't quite as good as the other Spanish four-masted gold ship, La Santa Isabel, but she's cheaper. She'll make you rich if you give her the chance.

Goldship rating: 4.9 / 5
Gun Ship rating: 3.1 / 5
Boarding rating: 3.2 / 5
Value for points: 3.9 / 5