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Nave Palinuro
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Nave Palinuro turns 90.

It was a transport and fishing vessel, the necessary work was carried out in the La Spezia Arsenal to transform it into a training ship.

Nave Palinuro is a schooner ship, a sailing ship, used by the Italian Navy as a training ship for Non-Commissioned Officer Cadets, Harbor Masters, Mechanics and Naval Engine Engineers.

The ship was launched in 1934 in the Nantes... Show more

Nave Palinuro turns 90. It was a transport and fishing vessel, the necessary work was carried out in the La Spezia Arsenal to transform it into a training ship.Nave Palinuro is a schooner ship, a sailing ship, used by the Italian Navy as a training ship for Non-Commissioned Officer Cadets, Harbor Masters, Mechanics and Naval Engine Engineers.The ship was launched in 1934 in the Nantes Shipyards, France, and her first name was Commandant Louis Richard. She was initially used as a transport and fishing vessel by a private French company. In 1950 she was purchased by the Italian Navy, after the loss of the training ship Cristoforo Colombo, sold to Russia. On 16 July 1955 she finally entered service, thanks to the care of the Arsenale della Spezia, where the necessary works were carried out to transform her into a training ship.“FAVENTIBUS VENTIS” is the motto of this Ship, an auspicious sign of favorable winds that accompany its navigation, which literally means “With the favor of the winds”.“The Palinuro is a “Schooner Ship”. The term indicates that the ship is rigged with three masts of which the forward one, called foremast, is rigged with square sails, while the main and mizzen masts are rigged with trimming sails (mainsails, arrows and staysails). Added to these masts is the bowsprit, a fourth mast protruding almost horizontally from the bow end, also rigged with trimming sails (jibs). The total sail area is approximately 1,000 m2, distributed over fifteen sails. The height of the masts above sea level is 35 meters for the foremast, 34.5 meters for the mainmast and 30 meters for the mizzenmast", this is how the Navy defines the ship which today celebrates 90 years since its launch.