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Amerigo Vespucci

Tuesday, 13th June 2006 by James

Please note that some or all of the objects mentioned in this post are no longer visible on Google Earth or Google Maps.

At a naval base in La Spezia, Italy, we see the world famous tall ship “Amerigo Vespucci”. She was ordered in 1925 along with the Cristoforo Colombo, an identical ship that was decommissioned by the USSR after WWII, and is modelled on 18th century cannon ships.

However the Amerigo Vespucci has no cannons, which is a shame as I think cannons would have made the Cutty Sark Tall Ships’ Race - which she often competes in - a much more exciting affair.

The Naval Base is worth browsing as there’s various submarines and other ships in dry-dock kicking around. Wikipedia Link.

Thanks: Thomas Blüthgen

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3 Responses to 'Amerigo Vespucci'

  1. 1. Tggb3k says: June 14th, 2006 at 7:58 pm

    This really makes me wanna play Battleship. Or maybe go out to Canyon Ferry Lake with a potato gun and play modified Battleship.

  2. 2. rob says: June 14th, 2006 at 9:26 pm

    Cossacks dude. Cossacks.

  3. 3. alexei says: February 16th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    I have an impression that the ship is not there anymore. Probably imagery has been updated since.

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