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Amerigo Vespucci ship model
The Amerigo Vespucci is a
tall ship in the Italian Navy that serves as a training
ship and a symbol of national diplomacy. The ship is
named after the explorer and cartographer Amerigo
Vespucci.
In the late
1920s, the Italian navy began construction of
Amerigo Vespucci ship for training their officer
cadets at sea. The ship was built in 1930 at the Naval
Shipyard of Castellammare di Stabia (Naples). She was
launched on 22 February 1931 and put into service in
July.
The Amerigo Vespucci
is a full-rigged three-masted steel hull 82.4 m (270 ft)
long, with an overall length of 101 m (331 ft) including
the bowsprit and a maximum width of 15.5 m (51 ft). She
has a displacement at full load of 4146 tons. Under
auxiliary diesel-electric propulsion the Amerigo
Vespucci can reach 10 knots (19 km/h) and has a range of
5450 nm at 6.5 knots.
The Amerigo Vespucci
carries sails totaling 2,824 m2 (30,400 sq ft). When
under sail in severe sea and wind conditions she can
reach 12 knots. The rig, some 30 km of ropes, uses only
traditional hemp ropes; only the mooring lines are
synthetic, to comply with port regulations.
The
standard crew of the Amerigo Vespucci is 16 officers, 70
non-commissioned officers and 190 sailors. In summer,
when she embarks the midshipmen of the Naval Academy,
the crew totals some 450.
Amerigo Vespucci is an unusual ship. The stern
gallery can only be reached from the captain's saloon.
The decor and luxurious fittings in the reception rooms
almost make you forget that you are on a sailing ship
used for naval training.
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Learn more about the Amerigo Vespucci ship:
https://sailtraininginternational.org/vessel/amerigo-vespucci/
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