ARM Guanajuato (C-07)
Former Mexican Navy gunboat From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ARM Guanajuato (C-07), also known as Cañonero Guanajuato, was a gunboat that served for the Mexican Navy until 2001.[1] It has been located at the shore of the Jamapa River, in the municipality of Boca del Río, Veracruz, as a museum ship.
 Cañonero Guanajuato in Boca del Río, 2021 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Mexico | |
| Name | Guanajuato |
| Builder | Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval del Ferrol |
| Laid down | May 1934 |
| Launched | 1936 |
| Out of service | 2001 |
| Fate | Museum in Boca del Río from 2007, scrapped in 2023 |
| Notes | The museum was named Museo Naval Interactivo Cañonero Guanajuato C-07 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Displacement | 1,300 t (1,300 long tons) |
| Length | 80.5 m (264 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 11.5 m (37 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 4 m (13 ft 1 in) |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Armament |
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The ship was commissioned by the Mexican government between 1931 and 1933 from the Spanish shipyard Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval del Ferrol (also known as Astillero El Ferrol),[2] along with the transport ship Durango, gunboats Querétaro and Potosí and ten coastguards.[3] The Guanajuato was laid down in May 1934 and delivered into service in 1936. Although it was initially planned as a warship, during the Second World War the Guanajuato served as a convoy escort in Central America.[4]
During 1966 and 1967, the gunboat was used as sail training for the Heroica Escuela Naval Militar.[4][5] Along the two years, the ship travelled to Mexico, Brasil, Argentina, Chile and Peru.[5] The Guanajuato's last navigation with the Navy was in 1997,[2] being retired from service in 2001.[4]
Present day
In 2007, the Guanajuato was opened to the public as the Museo Naval Interactivo Cañonero Guanajuato C-07 (Naval Interactive Museum Cañonero Guanajuato C-07), the first floating museum of Veracruz and Latin America.[4] The museum included 16 different exhibits, presenting how the ship looked and worked during the 1920s and 1930s.[1]
Lack of maintenance and a possible sinking of the Guanajuato led to the closing of the museum and the beginning of a maintenance project of the gunboat.[6] Among the proposed repairs were the installation of concrete base that would settle the Guanajuato in the river, rather than floating in the shore. The maintenance came to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
According to reports, the ship, in worsening condition, was scrapped beginning in May 2023.[8]
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