Living conditions for the Spanish onboard were very harsh. Only the captain and a few senior officers had their own cabins. They lived in the upper deck of the ship where there was plenty of fresh air and light.

They had fine tables and chairs and dined of silver and pewter plates and ate with silver cutlery and drank their wine from pewter goblets. In the evening they had candles held in silver or pewter candlesticks. Some of these objects found on La Trinidad Valencera can be seen in the exhibition in the Tower Museum.

The officers also carried silver perfume flasks, which they could use to cover the bad smells

The rest of the crew had to make do with crowed conditions in the lower decks, sleeping in hammocks or on blankets on the deck floor. Their dishes were made of wood or pottery. They did not have cutlery and had to cut up their food with their daggers. Each man had a wine skin made from goat-skin with a wooden mouthpiece and stopper.

The smell in the lower decks would have been unbearable. Many of the sailors would have suffered from seasickness.

La Trinidad Valencera would have been very crowded with lots of men as well food rations, water, huge cannons and guns