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The 80 years of Vespucci.

Amerigo Vespucci

On 22 February 2011, the training ship Amerigo Vespucci reached an enviable goal: have passed since 80 years since, 22 February 1931 was launched in the Royal Naval Shipyard of Castellammare di Stabia.

The ship was completed in just 10 months and the launch date was chosen because he died on February 22, 1522 navigator Amerigo Vespucci, for whom the ship is named.

Many generations of Naval officers were formed on board this ship that has been called "the most beautiful ship in the world" during education campaigns.





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The oldest ship in the service of the Italian Navy celebrates 80 years at the naval base of La Spezia where he is awaiting some maintenance sail together with the students of the Naval Academy in Livorno. The Amerigo Vespucci was launched in 1931, the day when the navigator died in 1522 from which the ship was named.




Since then, he has crossed the seas around the world and history of Italy, becoming a symbol of the Tricolore. It is estimated to have traveled a million miles. It is 82 meters long, 15 wide, weighs 3,400 gross tons, has 24 sails and the mast is 54 meters high. The current commander, 116 °, is Paul James Royal.

A beautiful image of Amerigo Vespucci moored Master of Livorno while the pier is lit by lightning

The Vespucci in Venice

The project took over 800 lines of ships, with an all-metal construction of the hull with metal spikes and superimposed to make it more robust. From the beginning the painting was taken stric in black and white reminiscent of ships guera the previous century.


The history of Vespucci, is full of anecdotes and events. In particular, it is linked to its most famous commander, Admiral Starulino Augustine, who with Vespucci did literally everything from left to sail from the port of Taranto (and was punished for it), always goes back to sailing in 1965 the Thames during a visit to London, refusing even when the tugs came and the sun always sails at the dock in Portsmouth, including a cruiser and an aircraft carrier, is said to literally pass out from fear by the pilot of the port.

But it remains the only ship in the aircraft carrier Forrestal, cruisers, optical signal with the projector "You are the most beautiful ship in the world." And certainly the Vespucci, given its current run of form, will remain so for long.

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