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Germany, Wedel, Amerigo Vespucci, after a four days visit, where the tall ship open for visitors, leaving the Hamburg harbour on the river Elbe, next stop Portsmouth in the south of the UK.
The school tall ship of the Italian Navy is named after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci, built in 1930, launched on February 1931 & sailed into service in July of the same year.
The Amerigo Vespucci is considered as one of the most beautiful school ships up to this days.
The vessel is a full rigged three-masted steel hull 82.4 mtr long, including the bowsprit an overall length of 101 mtr & a maximum width of 15.5 mtr, she has a life-size figurehead of Amerigo Vespucci. She has a draught of approximately 7 mtr. under auxiliary diesel-electric propulsion the Amerigo Vespucci can reach 10 knots = 19 km'h.
The three steel masts are 50, 54 & 43 mtr high & carry sails totalling 2824 m². The Amerigo Vespucci has 26 sails, square sails, staysails & jibs, all are traditional canvas sails. When under sail in severe sea & wind conditions she can reach 12 knots = 22 km'h. The rig, some 30 km of ropes, uses only traditional hemp ropes, only the mooring lines are synthetic, to comply with port regulations.
The hull is painted black with two white stripes, harking back to the two gun decks of the ships her design is based on, but she carries only two 6 pdr saluting guns in pivot mountings on the deck, forward of the mainmast. The deck planks are of teak wood & must be replaced every three years.
The standard crew of the Amerigo Vespucci is 16 officers, 70 non-commissioned officers & 190 sailors. In summer, when she embarks the midshipmen of the Naval Academy the crew totals some 450.
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Phot.Wedel.Tall.Ship.Amerigo.Vespucci.01.081820.2660.jpg
Germany, Wedel, Amerigo Vespucci, after a four days visit, where the tall ship open for visitors, leaving the Hamburg harbour on the river Elbe, next stop Portsmouth in the south of the UK.
The school tall ship of the Italian Navy is named after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci, built in 1930, launched on February 1931 & sailed into service in July of the same year.
The Amerigo Vespucci is considered as one of the most beautiful school ships up to this days.
The vessel is a full rigged three-masted steel hull 82.4 mtr long, including the bowsprit an overall length of 101 mtr & a maximum width of 15.5 mtr, she has a life-size figurehead of Amerigo Vespucci. She has a draught of approximately 7 mtr. under auxiliary diesel-electric propulsion the Amerigo Vespucci can reach 10 knots = 19 km'h.
The three steel masts are 50, 54 & 43 mtr high & carry sails totalling 2824 m². The Amerigo Vespucci has 26 sails, square sails, staysails & jibs, all are traditional canvas sails. When under sail in severe sea & wind conditions she can reach 12 knots = 22 km'h. The rig, some 30 km of ropes, uses only traditional hemp ropes, only the mooring lines are synthetic, to comply with port regulations.
The hull is painted black with two white stripes, harking back to the two gun decks of the ships her design is based on, but she carries only two 6 pdr saluting guns in pivot mountings on the deck, forward of the mainmast. The deck planks are of teak wood & must be replaced every three years.
The standard crew of the Amerigo Vespucci is 16 officers, 70 non-commissioned officers & 190 sailors. In summer, when she embarks the midshipmen of the Naval Academy the crew totals some 450.
👉 One World one Dream,
...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
10 million visits in my photostream with countless motivating comments