ARA Libertad Full Rigged Sailing Ship
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Title
ARA Libertad Full Rigged Sailing Ship
Artist
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
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ARA Libertad (Q-2) is a steel hulled, full rigged, class "A" sailing ship which serves as a school vessel in the Argentine Navy.One of the largest and fastest tall ships in the world, holder of several speed records,she was designed and built in the 1950s by the Río Santiago Shipyard, Ensenada, Argentina. Her maiden voyage was in 1961, and she continues to be a training ship with yearly instruction trips for the graduating naval cadets as well as a traveling goodwill ambassador, having covered more than 800,000 nautical miles (1,500,000 km) across all seas, visited about 500 ports in more than 60 countries,and trained more than 11,000 navy graduates.This shot taken in Buenos Aires at Puerto Madero.
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November 24th, 2014
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