 ARC Gloria in 2007.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Colombia | |
| Name | Gloria |
| Namesake | Gloria Zawadsky De Rebeiz |
| Ordered | 6 October 1966 |
| Builder | Astilleros Celaya S.A., Bilbao, Spain |
| Laid down | April 1967 |
| Launched | 2 December 1967 |
| Commissioned | 7 September 1968 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Barque |
| Displacement | 1,300 tons |
| Length | 64.7 m (212 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 10.6 m (34 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 6.6 m (21 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | Diesel, 500 hp (370 kW) |
| Sail plan | 1,400 m2 (15,000 sq ft) |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) under power |
| Notes | [1] |
ARC Gloria (IMO number: 8642555) is a training ship and official flagship of the Colombian Navy. She is a three-masted steel-hulled barque. [2]
The Colombian Government authorized its navy to acquire a training ship in 1966. A contract was signed with the Spanish shipyard Celaya of Bilbao in October 1966, and began to be fulfilled in April 1967. The ship was commissioned on 7 September 1968 with the vessel moored at the wharf of Deusto Channel. She is one of four similar barques built as sail training vessels for Latin American navies; her half-sisters are the Mexican Cuauhtémoc, the Venezuelan Simón Bolívar and the Ecuadoran Guayas.[3]
She was named after Gloria Zawadsky De Rebeiz, the wife of General Gabriel Rebéiz Pizarro who was the Minister of Defense that authorized her construction but died before her completion.[4][5] Apart from being a training ship she also serves a secondary role as a sailing ambassador for her home country.
- ^ Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85
- ^ "ARC" stands for "Armada Nacional de la República de Colombia."
- ^ Schäuffelen, Otmar (2005). Chapman Great Sailing Ships of the World. Hearst Books. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-58816-384-4. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
- ^ Grau Araújo, Rafael H. (2016). Apuntes para la Historia de la Armada Nacional (1st ed.). Cartagena de Indias: Ediciones Tecnar. pp. 114–115. ISBN 9789585924239.
- ^ Barrera Hurtado, Guillermo Enrique; Kolumbien, eds. (2008). Buque Escuela ARC Gloria. Bogotá: Consuelo Mendoza Ediciones. p. 30. ISBN 978-958-97540-9-2.