A number of ships, including the Chatham, were careened and repaired by Spanish workers.
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The Santiago took on so much water it needed to be careened, but there was no opportunity to do so until in Peru.
Puerto Cabello was the careening port of the Royal Gipuzkoan Company of Caracas, whose ships had rendered great assistance to the Spanish navy during the war in carrying troops, arms, stores and ammunition from Spain to her colonies, and its destruction would be a severe blow both to the Company and the Spanish Government.
Luis Carl Russell was born on Careening Cay, near Bocas del Toro, Panama, in a family of Afro-Caribbean ancestry.