plate ship

Noun

 * 1)  A galleon, especially a Spanish one, carrying a cargo of precious metals and other treasure.
 * 2) * 1742, Lord Cholmondeley, Debate on Trade and Navigation, 1June, 1742, in (editor), Debates in Parliament, London: John Stockdale, 1787, Volume 2, p.219,
 * By serving the merchants, they enjoy the prospect of a near and certain advantage; they have not indeed any expectations of being suddenly enriched by a plate ship, and of gaining by one engagement such wealth as will enable them to spend the rest of their lives in ease and affluence; but they are sure of a speedy payment of their wages
 * 1) * 1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica” in, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, p.xlix,
 * Sir William Phipps had discovered the wreck of a Spanish plate ship that had been stranded in 1659, on a shoal to the north east of Hispaniola. By the efforts of skilful divers sent out in sloops from Jamaica, twenty-six tons of silver were said to be recovered.
 * Sir William Phipps had discovered the wreck of a Spanish plate ship that had been stranded in 1659, on a shoal to the north east of Hispaniola. By the efforts of skilful divers sent out in sloops from Jamaica, twenty-six tons of silver were said to be recovered.