The ARM Cuauhtémoc BE-01 is
a Sail Training vessel similar to the USCGC Eagle, designed to train
officers and cadets of the Mexican Navy. She is the last of 4 sister
ships built by the Naval Shipyards of Bilbao, Spain in 1982 and
named for the last Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc. Cuauhtémoc was captured
by Hernán Cortés and with his execution in 1525, ended Aztec rule of
present day Mexico to Spain.
Like her sister ships, the Colombian Gloria, the Ecuadorian
Guayas and the Simón Bolívar of Venezuela, the Cuauhtémoc is a
sailing ambassador for her home country and a frequent visitor to
world ports, having sailed over 400,000 nautical miles (700,000 km)
in her 23 years of service with appearances at the Cutty Sark Tall
Ships' Races, ASTA Tall Ships Challenges, Sail Osaka, and others. |
