Amerigo Vespuci  

Type of boat : Three-masted bark . Topsail schooner Topsail yawl .Dutch barge
Overall length : 101m
Maximum breadth : 15,5m
Year of launching : 1931
Shipyard : Chantiers navals de castellammare di Stabia (Italie)
Home port : La Spezia
Owner : Marine militaire italienne
Country : Italy
Participation : 1989 1994

Comment : Launched in 1931 in Castellamare, this impressive three-master bears the name of the Florentine navigator who first discovered America. This training vessel is a genuine floating museum and often sails in the Mediterranean, to train officer cadets of the Italian Naval academy.