Capitan Miranda
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:48 pm
One of the less well known Sail Training Ships is the Uruguayan CAPITAN MIRANDA
which has appeared on two stamps. Named after the first Uruguayan hydrographer she was built in Spain in 1930.
Displacement of some 600 tons with a length of 205 ft. a beam of 27 ft. and a 12 ft.
Draught. She was originally designed as a sail cargo vessel but after the Second World
War she was stripped of her rig and continued trading as a motor ship until she became a Hydrographic Survey ship of the Uruguayan Navy in the 1960's.
In 1978 she was re-rigged as a three masted staysail schooner and as well as continuing with some hydrographic work she became increasingly used as a Sail Trainer for the Navy. She generally operated in the waters of the South Atlantic until recently but has now ventured further afield taking part in the Statue of Liberty Celebrations in New York in 1986 and the Bicentenary Tall Ships Race in Australia in 1988.
Her first appearance on a stamp was in 1982 (S61807) for the 165th Anniversary of the
Navy; this was a straightforward illustration from a painting, whereas the 1988 issue (SG1940) is ony a small rather crude drawing with a rather indistinct map of the world showing her route on the 1st Round the World Voyage.
English version of Japanese FDC information insert card bought at our recent auction.
"... it sank down in 1945 knocked against a torpedo"
P Bolton. Log Book December 1989.
Uruguay SG1807 and SG1940
which has appeared on two stamps. Named after the first Uruguayan hydrographer she was built in Spain in 1930.
Displacement of some 600 tons with a length of 205 ft. a beam of 27 ft. and a 12 ft.
Draught. She was originally designed as a sail cargo vessel but after the Second World
War she was stripped of her rig and continued trading as a motor ship until she became a Hydrographic Survey ship of the Uruguayan Navy in the 1960's.
In 1978 she was re-rigged as a three masted staysail schooner and as well as continuing with some hydrographic work she became increasingly used as a Sail Trainer for the Navy. She generally operated in the waters of the South Atlantic until recently but has now ventured further afield taking part in the Statue of Liberty Celebrations in New York in 1986 and the Bicentenary Tall Ships Race in Australia in 1988.
Her first appearance on a stamp was in 1982 (S61807) for the 165th Anniversary of the
Navy; this was a straightforward illustration from a painting, whereas the 1988 issue (SG1940) is ony a small rather crude drawing with a rather indistinct map of the world showing her route on the 1st Round the World Voyage.
English version of Japanese FDC information insert card bought at our recent auction.
"... it sank down in 1945 knocked against a torpedo"
P Bolton. Log Book December 1989.
Uruguay SG1807 and SG1940