ARA Libertad (Q-2)
Libertad entering Dársena Norte, Buenos Aires | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Argentina | |
| Name | Libertad |
| Owner | Argentine Navy |
| 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 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steel hulled, full-rigged class "A" tall ship |
| Displacement | 3,765 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 |
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.