The School Ship Sagres and the Ocean Patrol Ship Sines are moored at the Commercial Pier of Faro. where can be visited until tomorrow, Sunday, the 22nd.
Visits take place from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 18:00.
The public will also be able to take a brief tour of the Ria Formosa on the NRP Sagittarius and NRP Hidra. These sea baptisms are marked on the spot.
Since the 19th of May, the “doors” of Portuguese Navy ships have been open, so they can be visited, with their crew as guides, to explain the history of the ships and answer questions about the constituent elements of the vessel.
The main attractions on the training ship Sagres are the original rudders, with the phrase “A Patria Honore que a Patria beholds you” inscribed, the two gyrocompasses, Sperry Marine Visionmaster FT navigation radars, the bell, which is the only one in which the crew members still play throughout the day, and the various elements needed to navigate.
Ao Sul Informação, the commander said that this vessel, from 1937, before arriving in Portugal, belonged to the Germans, then called “Albert Leo Schlageter”. The sailboat passed into the possession of the Americans after World War II, then passed to the Brazilian Navy, until 1962, when they named it “Guanabara. There are still marks on the helm of the inscription of that name.
On the Sines Ocean Patrol Ship, one of the most recent of the Portuguese Navy, the highlight is the Browning machine guns of American origin, with the possibility of visiting the interior spaces, as well as the command bridge, where the ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System), various meteorological and control instruments.
So far, the ships have already received thousands of visits, being open until tomorrow, inclusive.
In other places scattered around the city of Faro, there are still several activities provided by the Navy. THE complete program can be found here.
Photos: Cátia Rodrigues | Sul Informação
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