Juan Bautista Cambiaso (ship)

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ARD Juan Bautista Cambiaso at port of Nesebar, Bulgaria (June 2010)

History
Dominican Republic
Name| ARD Almirante Juan Bautista Cambiaso
Owner| Dominican Navy (Armada de la República Dominicana)
Port of registry|  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Builder| MTG-Dolphin PLC, Varna/Bulgaria
Launched| 29 August 2009
Acquired| August 2018
Renamed| August 2018
Identification|

* IMO number: 9542271
* MMSI number: 207369000
* Call sign: LZKZ

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.

## History[edit]

Juan Bautista Cambiaso (1820-1886) founder of the Dominican Navy.

Juan Bautista Cambiaso was launched on 29 August 2009 in Varna, Bulgaria. The ship — originally named Royal Helena— was acquired by the Dominican Navy in August 2018 and named in honor of Admiral Juan Bautista Cambiaso, founder of the Dominican Navy, who defeated the Haitian navy in the Battle of Tortuguero. During this engagement, a force of three Dominican schooners led by then-Commander Juan Bautista Cambiaso (at the helm of the flagship schooner Separación Dominicana) defeated a force of three warships of the Haitian Navy, ensuring naval supremacy for the newborn nation.

The ship replaces an earlier training ship of the same name, acquired from the Canadian Navy in 1947. That ship, a motor-ship of the corvette class, had previously been named HMCS Belleville. It was scrapped by the Dominican Navy in 1972.[1]

## Description[edit]

Juan Bautista Cambiaso is a barquentine.[2] She is 54 metres (177 ft 2 in) long with a beam of 8 metres (26 ft 3 in) and can accommodate up to 37 cadets for multiple-day journeys. Her callsign is LZKZ and she is identified by the MMSI number 207369000.[3]

## Accidents[edit]

On 20 June 2017 she struck another vessel, the Victoria, while entering the port of Oudeschild, Netherlands. There were no reports of injured people.[4][5]

## External links[edit]

* Dominican Navy Official website: Armada de República Dominicana incorpora a su flota naval el buque escuela (Dominican Navy incorporates training ship into its Navy) [1]
* Naval News: The Dominican Republic commissioned its new training tall ship [2]
* La Armada Dominicana ya tiene su propio buque escuela [3]
* Naval News: The Dominican Republic commissioned its new training tall ship [4]
* Sail Training International profile of ARD Juan Bautista Cambiaso [5]
* View to shipyard (Royal Helena in progress) at MTG Dolphin in Varna/Bulgaria

## References[edit]

1. ^ Macpherson, Ken; Burgess, John (1981). The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910–1981: a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships. Toronto: Collins. p. 100. ISBN 0-00216-856-1
2. ^ "photo of the "Royal Helena" by Chas3r". Vessel tracker. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
3. ^ "Royal Helena". Vessel tracker. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
4. ^ "VIDEO: Tallships crashen in haven Oudeschild". ClubRacer. 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
5. ^ ClubRacer (2017-06-22), Tallships crash in haven Oudeschild op Texel, retrieved 2017-08-01