- Dunay (tall ship)
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The Cristoforo Colombo in Italian serviceCareer 
Name: Cristoforo Colombo Laid down: April 15, 1926 Launched: April 4, 1928 Commissioned: 1 July 1928 Fate: Ceded to the Soviet Union as war reparation, March 1949 Career 
Name: Dunay Acquired: 1949 Struck: 1959 Fate: Destroyed by fire in 1963 General characteristics Displacement: 4.146 t (4 long tons) standard Length: 10,050 m (32,972 ft 5 in)[citation needed] Beam: 1,550 m (5,085 ft 4 in)[citation needed] Draught: 7 m (23 ft 0 in) Propulsion: sail Speed: 10 knots Complement: 400 The Dunay was a tall ship serving with the Soviet Navy, first launched as the Cristoforo Colombo, laid at the Castellammare yards on April 15, 1926. It was destroyed in a fire in 1963.[1]
History
In 1925, the Regia Marina ordered two school ships to a design by General Lieutenant Francesco Rotundi of the Italian Navy Engineering Corps, inspired by the style of large late 18th century 74-cannon ships of the line. The first, the Cristoforo Colombo, was put into service in 1928 and was used by the Italian Navy until 1943. After World War II, the ship was handed over to the Soviet Union as part of the war reparations demanded by the 1947 Paris Peace Treaty, and was decommissioned in 1959.
The second ship was the Amerigo Vespucci, launched in 1931 and is still in service.
References
- ^ "The Strange Fate of the Cristoforo Colombo". Around Naples Encyclopedia. http://ac-support.europe.umuc.edu/~jmatthew/naples/criscol.html. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
Categories:- Individual sailing vessels
- Ships of the Marina Militare
- Tall ships of Italy
- School ships
- 1928 ships
- Full rigged ships
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