Niña, like Pinta and Santa María, was a smaller trade ship built to sail the Mediterranean sea, not the open ocean. Often said to have had three masts, there is some evidence she may have had four masts. There is no authentic documentation on the specifics of Niña 's design, although Michele de Cuneo, who accompanied Columbus on his second voyage, mentioned that Niña was " about 60 toneladas" (60 tons), which may indicate a medium-sized caravel of around 50 feet (15 m) in length on deck.
She was originally lateen sail rigged caravela latina, but she was re-rigged as a caravela redonda at Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands, with square sails for better ocean performance. The other ships of the Columbus expedition were the caravel-type Pinta and the carrack-type Santa María. However, she was commonly referred to by her nickname, La Niña, which was probably a pun on the name of her owner, Juan Niño of Moguer.
As was tradition for Spanish ships of the day, she bore a female saint's name, Santa Clara. La Niña ( Spanish for The Girl) was one of the three Spanish ships used by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in his first voyage to the West Indies in 1492. Nickame is Spanish meaning "little girl" – captained by Balboa A depiction of Niña as a caravel on the left
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