ARA Presidente Sarmiento
Moored at Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Argentina | |
| Name | Presidente Sarmiento |
| Namesake | Domingo Faustino Sarmiento |
| Builder | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, England |
| Launched | 31 August 1897 |
| In service | 1897 |
| Out of service | 1961 |
| Status | Museum ship in Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Sail training ship |
| Displacement | 2,750 tonnes |
| Length | 81 m (266 ft) |
| Beam | 13.11 m (43.0 ft) |
| Draught | 5.64 m (18.5 ft) |
| Propulsion | Steam, 3-cylinder compound, 1,000 hp (750 kW), ship rig |
National Historic Monument of Argentina | |
ARA Presidente Sarmiento is a museum ship in Argentina, originally built as a training ship for the Argentine Navy and named after Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, the seventh President of Argentina. It is considered to be the last intact cruising training ship from the 1890s.
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