Amerigo Vespucci Model Ship
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The Amerigo Vespucci is a tall ship of the Marina Militare, named after the
explorer Amerigo Vespucci. Its home port is Livorno, Italy. As of 2008, she
is still in use as a school ship.
In 1925, the Regia Marina ordered two school ships to be built following a
design by Lieutenant Colonel Francesco Rotundi of the Italian Navy Engineering
Corps, inspired by the style of large late 18th century 74-cannon ships of the
line. The first of these two ships, the Cristoforo Colombo, was put into service
in 1928 and was used by the Italian Navy until 1943. After World War II, this
ship was handed over to the USSR as part of the war reparations and was shortly
afterwards decommissioned.
The second ship of the design was the Amerigo Vespucci. The ship was built
in 1930 at the (formerly Royal) Naval Shipyard of Castellammare di Stabia (Naples).
She was launched on February 22, 1931, and was put into service in July of that
year. The vessel is a full rigged three masted steel hull 82.4 m (270.34 ft)
long, with an overall length of 101 m (331 ft) including the bowsprit and a
maximum width of 15.5 m (51 ft). She has a draught of about 7 metres (23 ft)
and a displacement at full load of 4146 tons. Under auxiliary diesel-electric
propulsion power, the Amerigo Vespucci reaches a top speed of 10 knots and has
an autonomy of 5450 nm (at 6.5 knots).
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The Esmeralda
Model Ship has a similar color scheme to this tall
sailing ship.
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