Italian training ship Palinuro
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Palinuro is a three-masted, iron-hulled barquentine, active as sail training vessel for the Italian Navy.
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Italy | |
Name | Palinuro |
Owner | Italian Navy |
Operator | Italian Navy |
Builder | Anciens Chantiers Dubigeon, Nantes (France) |
Laid down | 1933 |
Launched | 21 March 1934 |
Commissioned | 1934 |
Recommissioned | 16 July 1955 |
Renamed |
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Homeport | La Maddalena |
Identification |
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Motto | Faventibus Ventis |
Status | Still in service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Iron-hulled barquentine |
Tonnage | 858 GT |
Displacement | 1,341 t (1,320 long tons) full load |
Length | |
Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
Height | 37.50 m (123 ft 0 in) at mainmast |
Draught | 4.80 m (15 ft 9 in) |
Sail plan | Barquentine rig, 15 sails, 1,000 m2 (11,000 sq ft) |
Speed | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) |
Endurance |
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Crew | 84 (of which, 6 officiers) plus 54 cadets/trainees |
Notes | 2 GEM Elettronica navigation radar: one MM/SPN-754(V)1 and one MM/SPN-754(V)2 as January 2019[1] |
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Palinuro is named after Palinurus the famous helmsman of Aeneas's ship (after the fall of Troy the defeated Trojans detoured the Mediterranean). Palinurus is seen as a prototype of an experienced navigator or guide.