ARA Libertad (Q-2)
Libertad entering Dársena Norte, Buenos Aires
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 Argentina
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| Name: | Libertad |
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 Argentine Navy
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| Ordered: | 13 November 1953 (from a 1946 project) |
| Builder: | Río Santiago Shipyard, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
| Laid down: | 11 December 1953 |
| Launched: | 30 May 1956 |
| Commissioned: | 28 May 1963 |
| Status: | Commissioned, in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Steel hulled, full-rigged class "A"tall ship |
| Displacement: | 3,765 metric tonnes |
| Length: | 103.75 m (340.4 ft) (hull 91.7 meters) |
| Beam: | 14.31 m (46.9 ft) |
| Draft: | 6.60 m (21.7 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
Pre mlu: 2 × Sulzer diesel engines Post mlu: 2 × MAN diesel engines B&W mod. 6L23/30-D, each with 6 inline cylinders and 960 kW at 900 rpm |
| Speed: |
Pre mlu: 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h)(engine power only) Post mlu: 13.73 knots (25.43 km/h)(engine power only) |
| Range: | 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h)(engine power only) |
| Complement: | 24 officers, 187 crewmen, as well as 150 cadets |
| Armament: | 4 47 mm QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss cannons |
Pre mlu: 2 × Sulzer diesel engines
Pre mlu: 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h)(engine power only)
ARA Libertad (Q-2) is a steel hulled, full rigged, class "A"sailing ship that 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.
The ninth Argentine Navy vessel to bear the name Libertad, she has a total length (including bowsprit) of 103.75 m; a beam of 14.31 m; a draft of 6.60 m; and a displacement of 3,765 metric tonnes: these figures place ARA Libertad as the world's sixth longest tall ship and the third heaviest in displacement. Her complement is 357, including 24 officers, 187 crewmen and 150 naval cadets, among them an ever-increasing number of invited officers from friendly nations' armed forces, personnel from the Argentine Army, Air Force and Coast Guard, students, journalists and distinguished people from different areas and disciplines, both local and foreign.
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