''Guayas'' is a sail training ship of the

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. Launched in 1976, it was named in jointly in honor of Chief Guayas, the Guayas river, and ''Guayas'', the first steamship that was constructed in South America in 1841, and is displayed on the Ecuadorian coat of arms. The ship's home base is

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Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

Description

''Guayas'' is a three-masted barque with a steel hull that can display a sailing area of .Chapman Great Sailing Ships of the World
/ref> The main mast reaches over deck. The ship carries a crew of about 120 sailors as well as eighty cadets under the leadership of about 35 officers. ''Guayas'' is one of four sailing ships that were built by Astilleros Celaya S.A. in

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, ''

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'' (Colombia) being the most similar ship; the other two

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s are ''

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'' (Venezuela), and '' Cuauhtémoc'' (Mexico). These four ships basic design is very similar to

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' '' Gorch Fock'' that was built more than four decades earlier. It is classified as a Class A Tall Ship by

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(STI) and has the MMSI number 735059037.

History

In 2002 the ''Guayas'' undertook a voyage along the west coast of North America with port of calls at Acapulco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Francisco, and Seattle. In 2008, the ''Guayas'' crossed the

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to visit

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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

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, and

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. On the Osaka-Pusan-Shanghai leg of this her first Asian trip the ''Guayas'' took aboard an officer of the Chinese navy for reefing training. By the end of 2008 the ''Guayas'' had visited 60 harbours in 25 countries and covered about in its life. In 2010, she participated in

Velas Sudamerica 2010 ''Velas Sudamerica 2010'' or ''Regata del Bicentenario Velas Sudamerica 2010'' or, more commonly, ''Regata del Bicentenario'', was a 2010 historic tall ship gathering and touring of Latin America to celebrate the bicentennial of the first nation ...

, an historical

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n tour by eleven tall ships to celebrate the bicentennial of the first national governments of Argentina and

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''Guayas'' has also participated in OpSail 2012, visiting New York, Norfolk, Baltimore, and Boston, before proceeding to Europe. In the same year, it participated in the

Tall Ships Race The Tall Ships Races are races for sail training "tall ships" (sailing ships). The races are designed to encourage international friendship and training for young people in the art of sailing. The races are held annually in European waters and c ...

2012.

On 8 January 2016, ''Guayas'' arrived in Sydney as part of a round-the-world training cruise, the longest (35,000 nautical miles) such cruise performed so far by this ship, during which 22 countries will be visited. This is the first visit to Australia since 1988. In October 2021, ''Guayas'' interdicted and captured a narco-submarine off the coast of Colombia. ''Guayas'' crew arrested the submarine's four-person crew and seized its cargo, which was estimated by USNI News as being of

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Official site

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guayas (BE-21) Barques Tall ships of Ecuador Training ships Ships built in Spain 1976 ships Auxiliary ships of the Ecuadorian Navy