Unión (ship)

Union

Unión on the day of commissioning

Ship data flag  Peru Ship type Sail training ship home port Callao Owner Peruvian Navy Shipyard SIMA, Callao Keel laying December 8, 2012 Launch 22nd December 2014 Commissioning January 27, 2016

Ship dimensions and crew length 115.75 m ( Lüa ) width 13.5 m Draft Max. 6.5 m displacement 3200  t   crew 111 + 134 cadets

Machine system machine Diesel engine Machine performance 1,500 kW (2,039 hp) Top speed 12 kn (22 km / h) propeller 1 × controllable pitch propeller

Rigging and rigging Rigging Barque Number of masts 4th Sail area 4324 m²

The Unión is a sailing training ship of the Peruvian Navy .

General

The ship was in 2010 in the state shipyard SIMA in Callao commissioned and expired on 22 December 2014 from the stack . On January 27, 2016, the Unión was put into service in a solemn ceremony in the presence of President Ollanta Humala . It entered the port of Hamburg in 2017 and was open to visitors.

The figurehead of the Unión

The Unión in Hamburg

The ship is named after the sailing frigate Unión , which forced the Chilean steamship Rimac to drop the flag during the Saltpeter War . The Auxiliarsegler has a steel hull and a Bark rigged. The sail area is 4324 m². The ship's crew consists of 25 officers, 86 men and 134 cadets. The figurehead represents the Inca Túpac Yupanqui , who reaches for the sun. It is currently the largest training ship in Latin America. The current commanding officer is Franz Richard Bittrich Ramírez.

Furnishing

The ship has medical equipment: This includes a small operating theater with emergency equipment and a dental treatment unit. The crew includes a doctor and a dentist.

See also

• List of sailing training ships

Web links

Commons : Unión  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

1. ↑ The Peruvian Sailing Ship , accessed April 27, 2019
2. ↑ latinpost.com: New Peruvian Training Ship Unión Largest of its child in Latin America. (English)
3. ↑ Marina de Guerra del Perú | Franz Richard Bittrich Ramírez | Capitanes de Navío. Retrieved August 27, 2017 .