Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976
History
Italy
NameAmerigo Vespucci
NamesakeAmerigo Vespucci
Laid down12 May 1930
Launched22 February 1931
Commissioned26 May 1931
Identification
Motto
  • Italian: Non chi comincia ma quel che persevera
  • English: "Not he who begins but he who perseveres"
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class & typeFull-rigged ship
Tonnage
  • 3,410 GT
  • 1,203 NT
Displacement4,146 t (4,081 long tons) full load
Length
  • 100.5 m (329 ft 9 in) LOA including bowsprit
  • 82.4 m (270 ft) LPP
Beam15.56 m (51.0 ft)
Height54.0 m (177.2 ft)
Draught7.3 m (24 ft)
Propulsion
  • 26 sails, 2,635 m2 (28,360 sq ft)
  • 2 × diesel engines generator MTU 12VM33F2, 1.360 kW (1.824 bhp) each
  • 2 × diesel engines generator MTU 8VM23F2, 760 kW (1,020 bhp) each
  • 1 × Electrical Propulsion Engine (MEP) ex Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali (NIDEC ASI) CR1000Y8 (2 × 750 kW (1,010 bhp))
Speed
  • Sails, 15 knots (28 km/h)
  • Engines, 11 knots (20 km/h)
Complement
  • 15 officers
  • 64 NCOs (Non Commissioned Officers)
  • 185 sailors
  • 130 Naval Academy Cadets and Support Staff (when embarked)
Sensors &
processing systems		2 × navigation radars GEM Elettronica AN/SPN-753(V)5

Amerigo Vespucci is a tall ship of the Italian Navy (Marina Militare) named after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci. Her home port is La Spezia, Italy, and she is in use as a training ship.

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