Palinuro (ship)

The Palinuro ( formerly Commandant Louis Richard and Jean Marc Aline ) is a sailing school ship of the Italian Navy.

History

The name comes from Palinuro Palinuro, helmsman of Aeneas from Roman mythology.

In 1933, commissioned Joseph Briand, President of the French Société des PECHERIES Malouines, the shipyard Chantiers Anciens Dubigeon in Nantes with the construction of two sailing vessels with steel hull and so broke with a long tradition. A year earlier, they had built for the Navy's two sister ships Etoile and Belle Poule, following the example of Iceland saver using oak wood. The two new ships were named Lieutenant Rene Guillon and Commandant Louis Richard. They were as barquentines - with square sails on the foremast and Schratsegeln wholesale and mizzen - rigged and had each come with a 150-hp diesel engine. However, the costs for this building ruined the ship owner, and he sold the ships before they set out on their first catch. New owners were led by Michel Glâtre PECHERIES du Labrador in Saint- Malo. As the two ships were designed specifically for the fishing of cod, followed by a build-up to the schooner. The Lieutenant Rene Guillon came to 1951 for use, now it is in an Asian port and her rigging was removed.

In contrast, the Commandant Louis Richard, today Palinuro, a happier fate had. After they had run out of Saint- Malo in 1934 to her first and immediately successful fishing, the cruise line was installed in January 1935 cooling chambers. The ship had so clearly been upgraded and now had even the most modern technical equipment. A year later, the Commandante Louis Richard came into the possession of a resident in Saint- Malo fishing company.

After another change of ownership in 1948 - new owner of the shipping company Bonin in Noirmoutier -en- Ile was - went to the Barkentine in search of new fishing grounds in the southern Indian Ocean. Renamed to Jean Marc Aline finally crossed off the islands of Saint Paul and Amsterdam Nouvelle. However, these trips proved to be unprofitable. After the French Navy had considered to use the ship as a training ship, seized in 1951 the Italian Navy the opportunity and bought it.

Italy could already look back on a long tradition of sail training ships. These had started in 1861 with the frigate San Michele and experienced with the launch of the Cristoforo Colombo ( 1928 ) and the Amerigo Vespucci ( 1931) peaked. The Jean Marc Aline should take the place of the levels and passed to the Soviet Union Cristoforo Colombo and are used for training of naval commissioned officers. After a thorough overhaul renaming in Palinuro, and was commissioned on July 1, 1955. The ship was assigned to the NCO School in La Maddalena in Sardinia.

After the Palinuro had driven for 25 years at sea, the Italian Navy was considering a new building, but by the commitment of the crew Palinuro was overhauled. So the Barkentine between 1984 and 1986 was repaired and now moves back to the sea.

She took part in tall ship events, including in 2000 at the " Cutty Sark Tall Ships ' Race' in the Baltic, the " Sail Bremerhaven " and the " Hanse Sail " 2003.

Specifications

  • Year built: 1934
  • Shipyard: Chantiers Anciens Dubigeon, Nantes
  • Overhauls: in 1954/55 and 1984/86
  • Type: ( three-masted ) Barkentine
  • Hull Material: Steel
  • Length over all: 68.9 m
  • Fuselage length: 59.0 m
  • Width: 10.1 m
  • Draught: 4.8 m
  • Sail area 898.8 m²
  • Load displacement: 1341 t
  • Home Port: La Maddalena
  • Owner: Italian Navy
  • Flag: Italy

Weblink

  • Description and photos of the Palinuro on SchiffsSpotter.de, called on 5 August 2008
  • Description on website of the Italian Navy
  • Training ship (Marina Militare )
  • Sail training ship
  • Barquentine
  • Three-master
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