Spanish ship Juan Sebastián Elcano (1927)

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Juan Sebastián de Elcano in Vigo harbor

The Juan Sebastián de Elcano is a training ship for the Royal Spanish Navy. She is a four-masted topsail, steel-hulled schooner. At 113 metres (370 feet) long, she is the third-largest Tall Ship in the world.

She is named after Spanish explorer Juan Sebastián Elcano, captain of Ferdinand Magellan's last exploratory fleet. The ship also carries the de Elcano coat of arms, which was granted to the family by Emperor Charles I following Elcano's return in 1522 from Magellan's global expedition. The coat of arms is a terraqueous globe with the motto "Primus Circumdedisti Me" (meaning: "First to circumnavigate me").

The Juan Sebastián de Elcano was built in 1927 in Cadiz, Spain, and her hull was designed by the Echevarrieta y Larriñaga shipyard in Cadiz. Her plans were also used twenty-five years later to construct her Chilean sail training vessel sister ship Esmeralda in 1952-1954.

See also

• Fernando Villaamil, and his circumnavigation in 1892-1894 commanding the Nautilus training ship.
• Ferrol Spanish Capital of the Maritime Department of the North (1788 AD).
• Spanish Naval Academy (ENM) In modern times, Institution where the Spanish Armada (i.e.: Spanish Navy) officers and other personnel receive their education.
• El Galatea (also known as Glenlee) From 1922 till 1969 she was the Training Tall Ship for the Spanish Navy in El Ferrol (North-western Spain).
• El Club Naval de Ferrol Originally design for the amusement of the Spanish Navy personnel and their families posted to the Naval Station of El Ferrol.
• Structure of the Spanish Navy in the 21st century
• List of large sailing vessels
• List of schooners