Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Saltillo"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Sail Brest / Cutty Sark 2002,
07/2002
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2004,
07/2004
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2004,
07/2004
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Sail Brest 2016,
07/2016
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Temps fete Douarnenez 2016,
07/2016
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Temps fete Douarnenez 2018,
07/2018
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Temps fete Douarnenez 2018,
07/2018
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Saltillo |
| Registered port: | Bilbao |
| Nation: | SPAIN |
| Type of rigging: | KETSCH |
| Year built: | 1932 |
| Yard: | G. de Vries Lentsch, Amsterdam, NL |
| Overall length: | 26.25 m |
| Length (hull): | 20.14 m |
| Breadth: | 5.25 m |
| Draught: | 2.88 m |
| Sail area: | 200 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
| Power: | 150 PS |
| Engine: | Volvo Penta |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 04 Nov 2002
- constructed at the shipyard G. de Vries Lentsch in Amsterdam, NL after plans by the naval architect E.P. Hart.
- initially owned by the Englishman D. Lawrie, but for sale only after a year.
- 1934 acquired by D. Pedro Galíndez, renamed the "Saltillo" after the residence of the owner, what means as far as forecastle in English.
- 1936 damaged by a bomb in the Civil War, repaired until the end of war.
- used as private yacht and participation in many regattas.
- 1946 D. Pedro J. Galíndez gives the boat to D. Juan de Borbón, Count of Barcelona.
- 1948 accompanying participation in the first Olympic Games after the war.
- continuing use as a yacht and for match races and regattas as member of the Real Sporting Club.
- 1958 crossing of the Atlantic Ocean to News York.
- 1962 the wedding between D. Juan Carlos de Borbón and Dña. Sofía of Greece is celebrated in Athens.
- 1963 voyage to England.
- 1968 D. Pedro Galíndez donates the "Saltillo" to the Official School of Nautical Science, she started a career as a sail training ship
- 1987/88 begin of the overhaul and continuing restoration in shipards, after a few years in drydock "Saltillo" was restored until 1998 with important contribution by the Dept. of Transport of the Basque Government.
- today used by students of the High Tech School of Nautical Science and Marine Engineering in Bilbao, participated the Cutty-Sark-Tallships-Race 2002.
Last tracked position of the ship:
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Contact:
Website (español, 15 Dec 2022):https://www.ehu.eus/en/web/bilboko-ingeniaritza-eskola/the_faculty/el_saltillo
Saltillo: website by the operator with early and recent history, technical specification, photos