JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO (A-71) class

Country of Origin: Spain

ship list


 1 JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO-class SAIL TRAINING SHIP (AXS)

 Name                      Pendant  Launched        In Service      Status
 JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO  A-71     March 5, 1927   Aug. 17, 1928   Active

description

This is a four-masted top-sail schooner. She was re-engined in 1992.

The pendant number is not worn. The ship is named for Spanish explorer Juan Sebastian Elcano, who was the captain of Ferdinand Magellan's final exploratory fleet.

status

Active. Assigned to the Spaniah naval...

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