The Cuauhtémoc Training Ship, of the Navy of Mexicoarrived this Tuesday morning at the port of Havana, where it will be anchored for several days in which its crew will fulfill a wide schedule of activities.
According to the information released by the Ministry of Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR)During their stay, the Mexican sailors will pay courtesy visits to the head of the Revolutionary Navy, the Governor of Havana, and will tour places of historical and cultural interest.
FAR Cuba welcomes the training ship Cuauhtémoc, from the Mexican Navy, in Havana.
The visit of a school ship is a symbol of friendship between nations.#GirónDeVictorias pic.twitter.com/WRbq7TDKmX— Minfar_Cuba (@MinfarC) April 18, 2023
Upon entering the Havana roadstead, the boat fired 21 salute shots to the island, which were reciprocated by a FAR artillery battery from the San Carlos de La Cabaña fortress.
The School Ship can be visited by the population from today until April 22, at different daytime hours, according to the same source.
The Cuauhtémoc sailboat began construction in July 1981 at the Astilleros de Celaya, SA, in Bilbao, Spain, and was launched in July 1982.
Details and history
The Cuauhtémoc is the fourth and last of the large sailing ships designed and built as school ships by the aforementioned shipyards for the Spanish-American navies, its sister ships being the Glory from Colombia, launched in 1967; he Guayas from Ecuador, launched in 1976, and the Simon Bolivar from Venezuela, launched in 1979.
Its design corresponds to a brig-brake with three masts that unfurl ten square sails and 13 in the shape of a knife. She is 90.5 meters long, her draft is 5.4 meters and she has a diesel engine that makes her reach a speed of up to 8 knots.
The ship departed on April 1 from the port of Acapulco to begin the “Ibero-Bizantino 2023” training cruise that will take it to 18 ports in 13 countries over the next nine months to convey the message of peace and goodwill to the Mexican people. , according to a note posted by The universal.
After his stay in Cuba, the man also known as the “Ambassador and Knight” of the seas will visit the United States, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Italy, Portugal, Colombia, Panama, Guatemala and Ecuador, the information specifies.
Its crew includes 112 cadets from the fourth year of the Heroic Naval Military School, two from the Secretariat of National Defense and the Mexican Air Force, two students from the Merchant Navy, as well as ten guests from Peru, Guatemala, Ecuador and Nicaragua.
Its cruise program also includes participation in the celebrations of the centenary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey, in the “Magallanes-Elcano” Tall Sailing Regatta, in the International Nautical Festival “L’Armada de Rouen” and in the Bicentennial Navy of the Colombian Navy, as announced by the Mexican Navy.
