A Portuguese Love

As I told you previously I went to visit NRP Sagres on the weekend. I had great expectations about this ship and they were totally fulfilled. I visited Sagres during the night with my sister and nephew and then in the morning, just by myself. It's amazing to watch the ship with all 6000 lights up - it takes 2 hours and a half to put all the cables and lights one by one! But by night there were too many visitors for my taste. The next morning I returned and then I was able to watch every detail of the ship the way I wanted and even asked the crew all sorts of questions. Sagres has sailed across the world and will continue to do it. If you have the chance to visit it, don't miss the opportunity. It's a beautiful ship. I also watched her going up the river and then going away to the sea in her return to Lisbon. It was quite a show. Usually, Figueira da Foz is very windy but on Sunday morning there was no wind at all, and when she left neither! So I did not have ...

The beautiful ship Sagres celebrates 50 years of service to the Portuguese Navy this year and 75 years of life. The ship Sagres was built in the shipyards of Blohm and Voss in Hamburg in 1937. She was baptized Albert Leo Schlageter. In 1948 Sagres entered the service of the Brazilian Navy and was named Guanabara. In 1961 it was acquired by Portugal in order to replace an old ship named Sagres. Her name comes from the Sagres Cape, the site of the world's first marine school, established by Prince Henry the Navigator in the 15th century. Its sails feature the Cross of Malta, which was emblazoned on the sails of Portuguese vessels during the Age of Discovery. She first hoisted the Portuguese flag on February 8, 1962. Since then Sagres II has ensured the training of Naval Academy future officers sailors, supplementing the technical and academic knowledge taught at the Naval Academy. She made ​​more than 150 trips and sailed the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, the North Sea...