The Mexican Navy's sail training vessel CUAUHTEMOC arrived in Halifax last week, and departed today. I wasn't around on the weekend, so I had to settle for getting a few photos this morning and this afternoon.
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| CUAUHTEMOC alongside Cable Wharf this morning. |
I waited around for the 8:00 am raising of the Mexican national flag and the courtesy Canadian flag, for which they played both country's national anthems.
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| Raising the Mexican flag. |
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| Raising the courtesy Canadian flag. |
Originally scheduled to depart at 10:00, she instead moved to HMC Dockyard for the afternoon, and went with a departure in the early evening - which I didn't catch.
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| CUAUHTEMOC at HMC Dockyard. |
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| CUAUHTEMOC at HMC Dockyard. |
CUAUHTEMOC has been here before. Here is a photo of her alongside Purdy's Wharf during Tall Ships 2004.
At least one of her sister ships has also been here: Colombia's GLORIA was here in 2000, as well as more recently.
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| GLORIA in 2000. |
She is also related to Venezuela's SIMON BOLIVAR and Ecuador's GUAYAS.
All four of these ships were built to a design similar to that of USCGC EAGLE and the Portuguese Navy's SAGRES II.
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| USCGC EAGLE on 2000. |
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| EAGLE in 2012. |
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| SAGRES II in 2009. |
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