The Simón Bolívar

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© Emil Westerbaan Fotografie/cc-by-sa-4.0

© Emil Westerbaan Fotografie/cc-by-sa-4.0

Simón Bolívar is a training vessel for the Venezuelan Navy. She sails from the home port of La Guaira and is a frequent participant in tall ship events. She is named after Simón Bolívar, the liberator of Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela.

Simón Bolívar was built in the Spanish shipyard of Astilleros Celaya in Bilbao, Spain. She is one of four similar barques built as sail training vessels for Latin American navies; her half-sisters are the Mexican Cuauhtémoc, the Colombian Gloria and the Ecuadoran Guayas.

© flickr com - Governo da Bahia/cc-by-2.0 Figurehead © HumbRios/cc-by-sa-3.0 © Emil Westerbaan Fotografie/cc-by-sa-4.0 © Emil Westerbaan Fotografie/cc-by-sa-4.0 © Tvabutzku1234 © flickr com - Governo da Bahia/cc-by-2.0
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© flickr com - Governo da Bahia/cc-by-2.0
She was commissioned on 12 August 1980. She participated in Operation Sail in 1986 and again in 2000, visiting New York City on both occasions. She formed part of the French Voiles de la liberté in 1989, Armada de la liberté in 1994 and Armada du siècle in 1999.

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