Capitan Miranda

Capitan Miranda was launched in Spain in 1930 and began her career as a cargo vessel. She is named after the Uruguayan hydrographer Captain Francisco Miranda (1868-1925) who served Uruguay as a cabinet officer, war secretary and later professor of marine geography at the Naval Academy of Uruguay.

Capitan Miranda was active in various trades in Latin America after World War II. She became a hydrographic survey vessel for the Uruguayan Navy during the 1960s, and in 1978 she became a sailing ship again, with a modern schooner rig that was developed in the 1920s for racing yachts. With her schooner rigging and clipper bow, Capitan Miranda looks more like a private yacht than a sail training vessel.

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Country of Registration
Uruguay

Class
A

Year built
1930

Rig
Three masted schooner

Length
50m

Hull
Steel

Professional officers
57

Professional crew
0

Trainees
37

Ship's website
www.armada.mil.uy

Ship's contact
military