Spanish training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsJuan Sebastián de Elcano is a training ship of the Spanish Navy. It is a four-masted topsail, steel-hulled barquentine. At Template:Convert long, it is the third-largest tall ship in the world, and is the sailing vessel that has sailed the furthest, covering more than Template:Convert in its lifetime.
It is named after Spanish explorer Juan Sebastián Elcano, captain of Ferdinand Magellan's last exploratory fleet and the man who completed the first circumnavigation of the world. The ship carries the Elcano coat of arms, which was granted to the family by Emperor Charles I following Elcano's return in 1522 from Magellan's global expedition. The coat of arms is a globe with the motto "Primus Circumdedisti Me" (meaning: "First to 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[1] 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 Salvador Moreno Fernández's order, a series of improvements were made to the ship and the bronze plate with the Latin language inscription Tu Primus Circumdedisti Me was placed near the prow. At the time of the coup of July 1936, Juan Sebastián de Elcano was in Ferrol, a harbor that had been taken by the Nationalist faction. Its plans were used twenty-five years later to construct its Chilean sail training vessel sister ship Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". in 1952–1954.
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Maiden voyage
It conducted sea trials between April and July that year from Cádiz to Málaga, with King Alfonso XIII on board as a passenger, and then on 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.[2]
Commanders that have been in charge of Juan Sebastián Elcano for crossings and instruction.[3]
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See also
- Fernando Villaamil, who made a circumnavigation of the world in 1892–1894 in command of the training ship.Nautilus
- Ferrol
- Spanish Naval Academy In modern times, institution where Spanish Navy and other officers and enlisted personnel receive their education
- El Galatea (also known as Glenlee), the Training Tall Ship for the Spanish Navy from 1922 to 1969 , based at Ferrol in northwestern Spain
- El Club Naval de Ferrol, originally designed for the amusement of the Spanish Navy personnel and their families posted to the naval station at Ferrol.
- Structure of the Spanish Navy in the 21st century
- List of large sailing vessels
- List of schooners
References
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- ↑ 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