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Cisne Branco
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History
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Brazil
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Name
| Cisne Branco
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Namesake
| English:
"White Swan"
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Operator
| Brazilian Navy
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Builder
| Damen Shipyard
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Laid down
| 1998
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Launched
| 4 August 1999
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Homeport
| Rio de Janeiro
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Identification
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Status
| Active
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General characteristics
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Type
| Training
tall ship
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Length
| 76 m (249 ft 4 in)
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Beam
| 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
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Height
| 46 m (150 ft 11 in)
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Draught
| 4 m (13 ft 1 in)
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Speed
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- 11
knots
(20 km/h; 13 mph) max on engine
- 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) sail
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Crew
| 72
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Cisne Branco
is a
tall ship
of the
Brazilian Navy
based at
Rio de Janeiro
,
Brazil
, to diplomatic operations worldwide. The name means "white swan." It is a
full-rigged
ship built in
Amsterdam
,
Netherlands
by
Damen Shipyard
. Her
keel
was
laid
on 9 November 1998, and she was christened and
launched
on 4 August 1999, delivered to the Brazilian Navy on 4 February 2000. The vessel was
commissioned
as a Brazilian naval vessel on 9 March 2000. Its
sister ship
is
Stad Amsterdam
.
Previous vessels of the same name
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Cisne Branco
is the third Brazilian Navy sail-training yacht to carry this famous name. The first
Cisne Branco
was the classic 15-metre (49 ft) wooden
yacht
Tritonia
, which was designed by the legendary naval architect
Alfred Mylne
, and built by
Alexander Robertson & Sons
in 1910. The yacht arrived in Brazil in 1978, and after extensive repairs undertook an extended 8-month voyage across the Atlantic. The second
Cisne Branco
(25 m, 83 ft), which had an aluminium hull, was used by the navy between 1980 and 1986 after which it was passed on to a naval college.
Career
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Cisne Branco
made her maiden voyage across the
Atlantic Ocean
to Brazil, celebrating the 500th anniversary of the discovery of Brazil by the
Portuguese
Admiral
Pedro Alvares Cabral
. The ship's project is inspired by the design of the 19th century
clippers
.
Cisne Branco
is normally used in national and international representation activities to showcase the Brazilian Navy and Brazilian culture. As well, she is used as an instructional sailing ship by the cadets of the
Brazilian Naval School
, Academy of
Merchant Marine
, and other naval schools.
In 2010 she participated in
Velas Sudamerica 2010
, a historical
Latin American
tour by eleven tall ships to celebrate the
bicentennial of the first national governments of Argentina
and
Chile
.
[1]
On 18 October 2021
Cisne Branco
collided with and got stuck under a pedestrian bridge connecting
Guayaquil
, Ecuador to
Santay Island
, Ecuador while departing the city. The vessel was stuck while operating with
tugboat
assistance to pass the
drawbridge
, being dragged by strong current. The river flux was understated by a local
pilot
, the
foremast
was broken and one small tug sank.
Cisne Branco
was freed a half hour later by tugs and returned to Guayaquil to be inspected for damage.
[2]
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