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The sail training ship Cuauhtémoc

Sunday, 1 June 2025 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa
Category/Kategorie: Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  3 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post ARM Cuauhtémoc is a sail training vessel of the Mexican Navy, launched in 1982.

Cuauhtémoc is the last of four sister ships built by the naval shipyards of Bilbao, Spain, in 1982, all built to a design similar to the 1930 designs of the German firm Blohm + Voss, like Gorch Fock, USCGC Eagle, and NRP Sagres. Built at the Celaya Shipyards in Bilbao, she was designed by naval engineer Juan José Alonso Verástegui. Her keel was laid on 24 July 1981, and she was delivered to the Mexican Navy at Bilbao on 19 July 1982. A crew of cadets from the Mexican Naval Academy received the ship and brought Cuauhtémoc to Mexico.

Like her sister ships, Colombia’s ARC Gloria, Ecuador’s BAE Guayas and Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar, Cuauhtémoc is a sailing ambassador for her home country and a frequent visitor to world ports, having sailed over 400,000 nautical miles (700,000 km) in her 43 years of service, with appearances at the Cutty Sark Tall Ships’ Races, the American Sail Training Association Tall Ships Challenges, Sail Osaka, and others.

The figurehead depicts Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec emperor and namesake of the vessel. The name of this ship represents the warlike lineage of the Aztec emperor, who was also known for his bravery and his love of poetry. It was sculpted by Juan de Ávalos, considered one of the Spanish sculptors with the greatest passion for the human body.

On the evening of 17 May 2025, during the training cruise that began on 6 April 2025, Cuauhtémoc‘s three masts collided with the Brooklyn Bridge. At least 19 of the people aboard were injured, four critically. A search and rescue operation was launched. Two of the injured subsequently died 8 (Cuauhtémoc Brooklyn Bridge collision).

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