Amerigo Vespucci

A three-masted fullrigged steel ship built in 1931 by the R. Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia, Castellamare. Dimensions: 101×15,50 meters. 4100 tons displacement.

Sistership to Cristoforo Colombo.

1930 May 12

"Impostata".

1931 February 22

Launched R. Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia, Castellamare, as a schoolship for the Italian Naval Academy at Livorno.

1951

Modernised.

1958

Modernised.

1964

Modernised.

1973

Modernised.

1984

Modernised.

References:

A Civitavecchia l'Amerigo Vespucci.

Updated 1998-02-17 by Lars Bruzelius.

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