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Esmeralda (BE-43) Wallpaper 4. Wallpaper gallery of Esmeralda (BE-43) training sailing ship of the Chilean Navy - 4. Esmeralda (BE-43) sailing ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection - 4. Training sailing ship voyage review of Esmeralda (BE-43) - 4. She has participated in the Sailing Operations of New York in 1964, 1976, 1989; the Osaka World Sail in 1983 and International Regattas of Sails held in 1964, 1976, 1982, 1990, wining the “Cutty Sark” trophy in 1982 and 1990. The training of the future seamen on board the Training Ship “Esmeralda” is invaluable. The various events they must confront, the intense training, the elements’ inclemency, and the long seagoing passages, teach these seamen to respect rather than fear the sea. The inner and physical strength developed during these long voyages, prepares young seamen to accomplish their duties that they have sworn to their country and Navy. Her first voyage was to the Canary Islands and then on to New Orleans, where a distillation plant was installed. Esmeralda (BE-43) Wallpaper 4. Wallpaper gallery of Esmeralda (BE-43) training sailing ship of the Chilean Navy - 4. Esmeralda (BE-43) sailing ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection - 4. Training sailing ship voyage review of Esmeralda (BE-43) - 4. She then proceeded through the Panama Canal and arrived at Valparaíso on 1 September 1954 to much fanfare. Reports from Amnesty International, the US Senate and Chilean Truth and Reconciliation Commission describe the ship as a kind of a floating jail and torture chamber for political prisoners of the Augusto Pinochet regime from 1973 to 1980. It is claimed that probably over a hundred persons were kept there at times and subjected to hideous treatment, among them British priest Michael Woodward, who later died as a result of torture. Due to this dark part of its history, the international voyages of the Esmeralda are often highly controversial - especially at the time when Pinochet was still in power but even after the restoration of Chilean democracy. The ship's arrival in various ports being accompanied by protests and demonstrations by local political groups and Chilean exiles. Such protest actions were recorded, among other places, at Dartmouth, Pearl Harbor, Quebec, Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, Wellington, Pireus and Haifa,[9] as well as at Santiago in Chile itself, Esmeralda (BE-43) Wallpaper 4. Wallpaper gallery of Esmeralda (BE-43) training sailing ship of the Chilean Navy - 4. Esmeralda (BE-43) sailing ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection - 4. Training sailing ship voyage review of Esmeralda (BE-43) - 4.

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Esmeralda (BE-43) Wallpaper 3. Wallpaper gallery of Esmeralda (BE-43) training sailing ship of the Chilean Navy - 3. Esmeralda (BE-43) sailing ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection - 3. Training sailing ship voyage review of Esmeralda (BE-43) - 3. The ship is the sixth to carry the name Esmeralda. The first was the frigate Esmeralda captured from the Spanish at Callao, Peru, by Admiral Lord Thomas Alexander Cochrane of the Chilean Navy, in a bold incursion on the night of 5 November 1820. The second was the corvette Esmeralda of the Chilean Navy which, set against superior forces, fought until sunk with colors flying on 21 May 1879 at the Battle of Iquique. These events mark important milestones for the Chilean Navy and the ship's name is said to evoke its values of courage and sacrifice. Construction began in Cádiz, Spain, in 1946. She was intended to become Spain's national training ship. During her construction in 1947 the yard in which she was being built suffered catastrophic explosions, which damaged the ship and placed the yard on the brink of bankruptcy. Esmeralda (BE-43) Wallpaper 3. Wallpaper gallery of Esmeralda (BE-43) training sailing ship of the Chilean Navy - 3. Esmeralda (BE-43) sailing ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection - 3. Training sailing ship voyage review of Esmeralda (BE-43) - 3. Work on the ship was temporarily halted. In 1950 Chile and Spain entered into negotiations in which Spain offered to repay debts incurred to Chile as a result of the Spanish Civil War in the form of manufactured products, including the not yet completed Esmeralda. Chile accepted the offer and the ship was formally transferred to the ownership of Chile in 1951. Work then continued on the ship. She was finally launched on 12 May 1953 before an audience of 5,000 people. She was christened by Mrs. Raquel Vicuña de Orrego using a bottle wrapped in the national colors of Spain and Chile. She was delivered as a four-masted topsail schooner to the Government of Chile on 15 June 1954, Captain Horacio Cornejo Tagle in command. Her sister ship is the training ship for the Spanish Navy, the four-masted topsail schooner Juan Sebastián Elcano. Sometime in the 1970s Esmeralda's rigging was changed to a four-masted barquentine by replacing the fore gaffsail (course sail) by two main staysails. The third (top) main staysail is still in place. She has now five staysails, three topsails, six jibbs, three course gaff sails, four square sails, 21 all in all. Esmeralda (BE-43) Wallpaper 3. Wallpaper gallery of Esmeralda (BE-43) training sailing ship of the Chilean Navy - 3. Esmeralda (BE-43) sailing ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection - 3. Training sailing ship voyage review of Esmeralda (BE-43) - 3.

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Esmeralda (BE-43) Wallpaper 2. Wallpaper gallery of Esmeralda (BE-43) training sailing ship of the Chilean Navy - 2. Esmeralda (BE-43) sailing ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection - 2. Training sailing ship voyage review of Esmeralda (BE-43) - 2. The name “Esmeralda” is linked to the Chilean Naval History since 1818, year in which, under the command of Captain O’Brien, the Chilean Naval Forces fought and boarded the Spanish frigate “Esmeralda” resulting in the heroic death of Captain O’Brien on the deck in an attempt to capture the vessel. Once the Independence War had reached its end, the second “Esmeralda” was built in England. In 1865, under the command of Captain Juan Williams, this ship defended the sovereignty of the rising Republic of Peru, capturing with brinkmanship and courage the corvette “Covadonga”. This precipitated the retreat of the opponent Naval Forces. On 21th May 1879, together with the corvette “Covadonga” blocking the saltpeter port of Iquique, the vessel confronted the main body of Peruvian Naval Forces. After four hours of hard and bloody fight, the “Esmeralda” sank with its flag at the mast-head and its Captain Arturo Prat died becoming since then a National Hero in the Chilean History, the Navy School and a main ship of the Chilean Fleet had been named after its hero. Esmeralda (BE-43) Wallpaper 2. Wallpaper gallery of Esmeralda (BE-43) training sailing ship of the Chilean Navy - 2. Esmeralda (BE-43) sailing ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection - 2. Training sailing ship voyage review of Esmeralda (BE-43) - 2. The third ship that was given the name of “Esmeralda” was a cruiser purchased by Japan. This ship participated in the battle of Tsushima against the Russian Fleet. Years later, an antisurface cruiser and frigate borne the name of the “Esmeralda”, giving the latter its name to the current training ship of the Chilean Navy in 1954. This brigantine was the sixth “Esmeralda” that bears her name with proud in her taffrail. In 1942, the Spaniard Navy ordered the construction of a sailing ship in order to replace the training ship “Sebastián de Elcano”, which was operative since 1929. However, due to various reasons, its construction remained incomplete, and in 1951, it was offered for sale to Chile. On 15th June of 1954, in Cadiz, the Training Ship “Esmeralda” was officially delivered to Chile. During these past 46 years, this ship has called at more than 300 ports, and is recognized by her outstanding participation as training ship and floating embassy, receiving on her deck the friendly visit of the most highest Head of States, diplomats, military chiefs, the media, and public in general. Esmeralda (BE-43) Wallpaper 2. Wallpaper gallery of Esmeralda (BE-43) training sailing ship of the Chilean Navy - 2. Esmeralda (BE-43) sailing ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection - 2. Training sailing ship voyage review of Esmeralda (BE-43) - 2.

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Esmeralda (BE-43) Wallpaper 1. Wallpaper gallery of Esmeralda (BE-43) training sailing ship of the Chilean Navy - 1. Esmeralda (BE-43) sailing ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection - 1. Training sailing ship voyage review of Esmeralda (BE-43) - 1. Esmeralda (BE-43) is a steel-hulled four-masted barquentine tall ship of the Chilean Navy, currently the second tallest and longest sailing ship in the world. The ship is the sixth to carry the name Esmeralda. The first was the frigate Esmeralda captured from the Spanish at Callao, Peru, by Admiral Lord Thomas Alexander Cochrane of the Chilean Navy, in a bold incursion on the night of 5 November 1820. The second was the corvette Esmeralda of the Chilean Navy which, set against superior forces, fought until sunk with colors flying on 21 May 1879 at the Battle of Iquique. These events mark important milestones for the Chilean Navy and the ship's name is said to evoke its values of courage and sacrifice. Construction began in Cádiz, Spain, in 1946. She was intended to become Spain's national training ship. Esmeralda (BE-43) Wallpaper 1. Wallpaper gallery of Esmeralda (BE-43) training sailing ship of the Chilean Navy - 1. Esmeralda (BE-43) sailing ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection - 1. Training sailing ship voyage review of Esmeralda (BE-43) - 1. During her construction in 1947 the yard in which she was being built suffered catastrophic explosions, which damaged the ship and placed the yard on the brink of bankruptcy. Work on the ship was temporarily halted. In 1950 Chile and Spain entered into negotiations in which Spain offered to repay debts incurred to Chile as a result of the Spanish Civil War in the form of manufactured products, including the not yet completed Esmeralda. Chile accepted the offer and the ship was formally transferred to the ownership of Chile in 1951. Work then continued on the ship. She was finally launched on 12 May 1953 before an audience of 5,000 people. She was christened by Mrs. Raquel Vicuña de Orrego using a bottle wrapped in the national colors of Spain and Chile. She was delivered as a four-masted topsail schooner to the Government of Chile on 15 June 1954, Captain Horacio Cornejo Tagle in command. Her sister ship is the training ship for the Spanish Navy, the four-masted topsail schooner Juan Sebastián Elcano. Sometime in the 1970s Esmeralda's rigging was changed to a four-masted barquentine by replacing the fore gaffsail (course sail) by two main staysails. The third (top) main staysail is still in place. She has now five staysails, three topsails, six jibbs, three course gaff sails, four square sails, 21 all in all. Esmeralda (BE-43) Wallpaper 1. Wallpaper gallery of Esmeralda (BE-43) training sailing ship of the Chilean Navy - 1. Esmeralda (BE-43) sailing ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection - 1. Training sailing ship voyage review of Esmeralda (BE-43) - 1.