Cuauhtémoc — Mexican Navy Sail Training Barque Model (28 in / 70 cm, Mahogany & Western Red Cedar)
Cuauhtémoc — Mexican Navy Sail Training Barque Model (28 in / 70 cm, Mahogany & Western Red Cedar)
How big is it?
Length about 70 cm / 27.6 in, height about 48 cm. Drawn to scale; the model outline is a simplified shape.
Model details
- Size
- 28 in / 70 cm
- Materials
- Mahogany, Western red cedar, Brass, Linen sails
- Construction
- Plank-on-frame, built by hand
- Condition
- Fully assembled, ready to display
- Display
- Wooden base with brass nameplate
- Collection
- Tall Ship Models - Admiral Line
- Item no.
- T390
The Mexican Navy's sail training barque, built in mahogany and western red cedar at 28 inches.
She is a modern ship with a traditional rig, and the model reflects that: a clean white hull without the carved ornament of an 18th-century subject, but a full three-masted barque rig above it that has to be knotted line by line.
Specification
- 28 in / 70 cm
- Plank-on-frame hull in mahogany and western red cedar, hand-finished
- Three masts, barque-rigged, with complete hand-knotted standing and running rigging
- Hand-stitched linen sails
- Deck detail: boats, davits, deckhouses, wheel and rails
- Metal anchors and wooden rudder
- Solid wood base with engraved brass nameplate
- Fully assembled
The ship
Cuauhtémoc was launched at Bilbao in 1982, the last of four sister ships built in Spain for Latin American navies. She is named for the final Aztec emperor, who led the defence of Tenochtitlan against Cortés in 1521. She carries Mexican naval cadets on long training voyages and is a regular at tall ship gatherings worldwide, where her figurehead — a gilded bust of the emperor — is among the most recognisable afloat.