Capitán Miranda (schooner)

Capitán Miranda (ROU 20) is a three-masted staysail schooner of the Uruguayan Navy. Originally acquired by the Uruguayan Navy as a survey ship in 1930, the ship remained in service until 1976 in this role. Destined for the shipbreakers, the vessel was repurposed as a training ship in 1978.

Capitán Miranda at Tall Ships Belfast, 2009
History
Uruguay
Name	Capitán Miranda
Ordered	January 1930
Builder	Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval, Cádiz
Laid down	3 March 1930
Launched	27 July 1930
Commissioned	1930
Decommissioned	1976
Recommissioned	1978
Reclassified	As a training ship, 1978
Homeport	Montevideo
Identification	MMSI number: 770576100 Call sign: CWBE
Motto	Mare Magnum
Status	in active service, as of 2019[update]
General characteristics [1]
Type	Schooner
Displacement	839 long tons (852 t)
Length	64 m (210 ft 0 in) o/a
Beam	8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Draught	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	750 hp (559 kW) diesel engine, single 4-bladed screw
Sail plan	Marconi rig, sail area 853.35 m2 (9,185.4 sq ft)
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Capacity	8 passengers
Complement	67

Ship history

Capitán Miranda was ordered in January 1930 from the Spanish Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval shipyard at Cádiz. The vessel was laid down on 3 March and launched on 27 July 1930. As a hydrographic vessel she displaced 552 tons, with an overall length of 54.85 m (180.0 ft), and a beam of 8 m (26 ft). Capable of 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph), the ship was armed with a 37 mm cannon and a machine gun, and had a complement of 52. She was named after Captain Francisco Prudencio Miranda (1868–1925), Uruguayan naval officer and marine geographer.^[2]

Sea trials were completed on 19 November 1930, and on 21 November Capitán Miranda was delivered to the Uruguayan Navy. She served as a survey ship, charting the coasts and waters of Uruguay until 1976. She was then due to be scrapped, but instead was converted into a three-masted schooner. The conversion was completed by 20 October 1978, when she began in her new role as a training ship. Capitan Miranda has since participated in numerous international tall ship regattas.^[2]

Gallery

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  Aerean view ofCapitán Miranda
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  Gun on deck of Capitán Miranda
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  Capitán Miranda at Armada Rouen 2008
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  Bow and figurehead, Capitán Miranda, South Street Seaport, New York City May 2023
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  Accent jibs and stays, Capitán Miranda, South Street Seaport, New York City May 2023
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  Capitán Miranda, South Street Seaport, New York City May 2023