AMERIGO VESPUCCI ITALY'S TALL SHIP WORLD TOUR
The Amerigo Vespucci, Italy's iconic tall ship, acclaimed as “the most beautiful ship in the world” has reached the USA on its current world tour, which involves port calls in five continents during its two-year promotional voyage.
The three-masted full-rigged vessel, built in 1930 as a training ship for the Italian Naval Academy, left Genoa on the 1st July 2023 and is expected back at La Spezia on the 11th February 2025 after a journey of 40,000 miles, touching 30 ports in 27 countries. For this epic voyage she is carrying a crew of 264 men and women.
The aim of the present tour is to promote Italian manufacture and culture. The Amerigo Vespucci has already acted as an Ambassador for both UNESCO and UNICEF in the past. This time it will also be involved with the “Wheels on Waves” mission 2023-2025, with the catamaran “Spirito di Stella”, the first catamaran in the world built specifically to accommodate people with disabilities and dedicated to Italian military or civil ex-service men. These passengers and their carers will travel free of charge. The “Spirito di Stella” left Genoa together with the “Amerigo Vespucci” and plans to rendezvous with her in Darwin, Australia.
Info: www.marina.difesa.it/amerigo vespucci