The training ship “Juan Sebastián de Elcano” will visit La Palma next December

The training ship “Juan Sebastián de Elcano” will dock from December 5 to 9 at the port of Santa Cruz de La Palma during its LXXXVIII training cruise. Four and a half days of stay in which the historic ship of the Spanish Navy will reaffirm the close ties with the quintessential maritime island. The previous stop was in January 1998, when it received the Gold Medal of La Palma.

On its current training cruise, the training ship – commanded by Captain Victoriano Gilabert Agote – arrived yesterday at the port of Miami, where it will remain until May 23. Then there will be a stop in Baltimore, and after crossing the North Atlantic, it will arrive at the Naval School of Marín on July 1. On March 9, it arrived at the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, marking the first stop of its current training journey.

Photo: I. Beninho