ARA Libertad (Q-2)
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ARA Libertad (Q-2) is a steel-hulled, full-rigged, class "A"[2][3] sailing ship that serves as a school vessel in the Argentine Navy. One of the largest[7] and fastest tall ships in the world,[8][9] holder of several speed records,[3] she was designed and built in the 1950s by the Río Santiago Shipyard, Ensenada, Argentina.[4] 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,[8][10] having covered more than 800,000 nautical miles (1,500,000 km) across all seas, visited about 500 ports in more than 60 countries,[11] and trained more than 11,000 navy graduates.[5]
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History | |
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Argentina | |
Name | Libertad |
Owner | Argentine Navy |
Ordered | 13 November 1953 (from a 1946 project)[1] |
Builder | Río Santiago Shipyard, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
Laid down | 11 December 1953[1] |
Launched | 30 May 1956[1] |
Commissioned | 28 May 1963[1] |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Type | Steel hulled, full-rigged class "A"[2][3] tall ship |
Displacement | 3,765 tonnes[4] |
Length | 103.75 m (340.4 ft)[4] (hull 91.7 meters) |
Beam | 14.31 m (46.9 ft)[4] |
Draft | 6.60 m (21.7 ft)[4] |
Propulsion | Pre mlu: 2 × Sulzer diesel engines[4] Post mlu: 2 × MAN diesel engines B&W mod. 6L23/30-D, each with 6 inline cylinders and 960 kW at 900 rpm[5] |
Speed | Pre mlu: 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h)[4] (engine power only) Post mlu: 13.73 knots (25.43 km/h)[5] (engine power only) |
Range | 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h)[4] (engine power only) |
Complement | 24 officers, 187 crewmen, as well as 150 cadets[4] |
Armament | 4 47 mm QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss cannons[6] |