Spanish training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano
.jpg) Elcano in Pontevedra
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| History | |
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 Spain | |
| Name | Juan Sebastian de Elcano |
| Namesake | Juan Sebastián Elcano |
| Operator | Spanish Navy |
| Ordered | 17 April 1925 |
| Builder | Echevarrieta y Larrinaga yard, Cadiz, Spain |
| Launched | 5 March 1927 |
| Commissioned | August, 1928 |
| Maiden voyage | 19 April 1928 |
| Homeport | Cadiz, Spain |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| Notes | training ship |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 3673 tons |
| Length | 113 m (371 ft) |
| Beam | 13.11 m (43.0 ft) |
| Height | 48.5 m (159 ft) |
| Draft | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Sail plan | four-masted barquentine; 21 sails, total sail area of 2,870 m2 (30,900 sq ft)[1] |
| Speed |
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| Complement | 300 sailors, 90 midshipmen |
| Armament | 2 × 57 mm ceremonial gun mounts |
| Notes | Line art of Juan Sebastián de Elcano  |
Juan Sebastián de Elcano is a
schooner barque). At 113 metres (371 ft) long, it is the third-largest tall ship in the world, and is the sailing vessel that has sailed the furthest, covering more than 2,000,000 nautical miles
(3,700,000 km; 2,300,000 mi) in its lifetime.
It is named after Spanish explorer
circumnavigate
me").
Build and design
Juan Sebastián de Elcano was built in 1927 in
Cadiz, Spain, and its hull was designed by the naval architect Mr C E Nicholson of Camper and Nicholsons Ltd of Southampton. Constructed by Echevarrieta y Larrinaga shipyard[2] in Cadiz. After the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic in April 1931 the ship became part of the Spanish Republican Navy
.
In 1933 under Commander
Ferrol, a harbor that had been taken by the Nationalist faction
.
Its plans were used twenty-five years later to construct its Esmeralda
in 1952–1954.
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Maiden voyage
It conducted sea trials between April and July that year from Cádiz to
Sevilla, Las Palmas, Tenerife, San Sebastián, Cádiz, São Vicente, Cape Verde, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Suva, San Francisco, California, Balboa, Panama, Havana, New York City, and Cádiz.[3]
Commanders that have been in charge of Juan Sebastián Elcano for crossings and instruction.[4]
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See also
- Fernando Villaamil, and his circumnavigation in 1892-1894 commanding the Nautilus training ship.
- Ferrol
- Spanish Naval Academy In modern times, Institution where the Spanish Armada (i.e.: Spanish Navy) officers and other personnel receive their education.
- Ferrol (North-western Spain).
- Ferrol.
- Structure of the Spanish Navy in the 21st century
- List of large sailing vessels
- List of schooners
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Juan Sebastián Elcano.
- ^ Technical details Archived 2010-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sailing Ship Rigs and Rigging, H A Underhill, p.50
- ^ History summary of the ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano
- ^ Relación de Comandantes de J. S. de Elcano en sus cruceros de instrucción|autor. Ministerio de Defensa|fechaacceso