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Juan Bautista Cambiaso at port of Nesebar, Bulgaria (June 2010)
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History | |
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Dominican Republic | |
Name | Almirante Juan Bautista Cambiaso |
Owner | Dominican Navy |
Port of registry | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
Builder | MTG-Dolphin PLC, Varna/Bulgaria |
Launched | 29 August 2009 |
Acquired | August 2018 |
Renamed | August 2018 |
Identification | |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Length | 54 m (177 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
Sail plan | three-masted barquentine; 16 sails, total sail area of 1,000 m2 (11,000 sq ft) |
Juan Bautista Cambiaso (BE-01) is a training ship for the Dominican Navy. Launched in 2009, it is a three-masted barquentine (schooner barque) with a hull made of steel and a teak-covered deck. It is named after Genoese-born Dominican Admiral Juan Bautista Cambiaso, who founded the Dominican Navy in 1844.