ARC Gloria

	ARC Gloria at sunset in Cartagena.
History
Colombia
Name	Gloria
Ordered	6 October 1966
Builder	Astilleros Celaya S.A., Bilbao, Basque Country
Commissioned	7 September 1968
Identification	IMO number: 8642555; MMSI number: 730010001; Callsign: 5KMT;
Status	Active
General characteristics
Type	Barque
Displacement	1,300 tons
Length	64.7 metres (212 ft)
Beam	10.6 metres (35 ft)
Draft	6.6 metres (22 ft)
Propulsion	Diesel, 500 hp
Sail plan	1,400 square metres (15,000 sq ft)
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) under power
Notes

The ARC Gloria (IMO number: 8642555) is a three-masted barque. She is a training ship and official flagship of the Colombian Navy.^[2]

The Colombian Government authorized its navy to acquire a training ship in 1966. A contract was signed with the Spanish shipyard Celaya of Bilbao in October 1966, and began to be fulfilled in April 1967. The ship was commissioned on 7 September 1968 with the vessel moored at the wharf of Deusto Channel. She is one of four similar barques built as sail training vessels for Latin American navies; her half-sisters are the Mexican Cuauhtémoc, the Venezuelan Simón Bolívar and the Ecuadoran Guayas.^[3] Their design is similar to the 1930 designs of the German firm Blohm & Voss, like Gorch Fock, USCGC Eagle and the NRP Sagres^{[citation needed]}.

The ship's name is a reference to the national anthem, Oh gloria inmarcesible (O Unfading Glory).

References

^ Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85
^ "ARC" stands for "Armada Nacional de la República de Colombia."
^ Schäuffelen, Otmar (2005). Chapman Great Sailing Ships of the World. Hearst Books. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-58816-384-4. Retrieved 2011-06-18.

Armada Nacional República de Colombia

[1] Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85

[2] "ARC" stands for "Armada Nacional de la República de Colombia."

[chapman-3] Schäuffelen, Otmar (2005). Chapman Great Sailing Ships of the World. Hearst Books. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-58816-384-4. Retrieved 2011-06-18.

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