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01-09-2006

The Presidente Sarmiento - A true tall ship from Argentina.

Visitors are allowed on board the Pte. Sarmiento, a frigate whose first trip was as a school ship in 1899.

In its chequered history the Sarmiento has sailed around the world and around the Horn many times. Besides its complement of sail it was also equipped with steam power.

In 1961 it became a museum vessel of the Argentine navy. One can spend more than an hour marvelling at the ship's incredible history and its equipment including the medium reach cannons (happily never used) and a torpedo, still intact.

The condition of its lifeboats is evidence of the ship's authenticity.

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1 In the Puerto Madero ship dock, the Presidente Sarmiento rises tall above the city of Buenos Aires. Photograph courtesy by Phillip Bussius.
2 The legendary President Sarmiento himself, in a not very friendly look carved in marble, aboard the school-ship bearing his name. Photograph courtesy by Phillip Bussius.
3 The ship´s wheel in tripled execution is a must for rough seas (and also no selfsteering equipment available at that point of time)
4 A look at the officers deck , plenty of space to walk around. In 1961 it became a museum.

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