Capitán Miranda (schooner)
Capitán Miranda (ROU 20) is a three-masted staysail schooner of the Uruguayan Navy. Originally acquired by the Uruguayan Navy as a survey ship in 1930, the ship remained in service until 1976 in this role. Destined for the shipbreakers, the vessel was repurposed as a training ship in 1978.
 Capitán Miranda at Tall Ships Belfast, 2009 | |
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| Name: | Capitán Miranda |
| Ordered: | January 1930 |
| Builder: | Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval, Cádiz |
| Laid down: | 3 March 1930 |
| Launched: | 27 July 1930 |
| Commissioned: | 1930 |
| Decommissioned: | 1976 |
| Recommissioned: | 1978 |
| Reclassified: | As a training ship, 1978 |
| Homeport: | Montevideo |
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| Motto: | Mare Magnum |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2019 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Schooner |
| Displacement: | 839 long tons (852 t) |
| Length: | 64 m (210 ft 0 in) o/a |
| Beam: | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: | 750 hp (559 kW) diesel engine, single 4-bladed screw |
| Sail plan: | Marconi rig, sail area 853.35 m2 (9,185.4 sq ft) |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Capacity: | 8 passengers |
| Complement: | 67 |
Ship history
Capitán Miranda was ordered in January 1930 from the Spanish Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval shipyard at Cádiz. The vessel was laid down on 3 March and launched on 27 July 1930. As a hydrographic vessel she displaced 552 tons, with an overall length of 54.85 m (180.0 ft), and a beam of 8 m (26 ft). Capable of 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph), the ship was armed with a 37 mm cannon and a machine gun, and had a complement of 52. She was named after Captain Francisco Prudencio Miranda (1868–1925), Uruguayan naval officer and marine geographer.[2]
Sea trials were completed on 19 November 1930, and on 21 November Capitán Miranda was delivered to the Uruguayan Navy. She served as a survey ship, charting the coasts and waters of Uruguay until 1976. She was then due to be scrapped, but instead was converted into a three-masted schooner. The conversion was completed by 20 October 1978, when she began in her new role as a training ship. Capitan Miranda has since participated in numerous international tall ship regattas.[2]
Gallery
Capitán Miranda at sunset
Gun on deck of Capitán Miranda
Capitán Miranda at Armada Rouen 2008
References
- "Capitán Miranda : Características del buque". capitanmiranda.org.uy. 2012. Archived from the original on 7 August 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2012. (in Spanish)
- "Buque Escuela Capitán Miranda". Asociación Española de Marina Civil. 15 June 2005. Retrieved 1 July 2012. (in Spanish)
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