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Historic Colombian Ship Sails To British Shores
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo welcomed the latest arrival to the capital’s port, ARC Gloria, a historic Colombian tall ship built by the nation’s navy in the 1960s.
The vessel is one of the largest ships of its kind still in service and is on a goodwill tour of the world, having already visited Portugal, Germany and Holland before the UK.
The ship, which was launched 47 years ago, has a crew of 150, including 67 cadets from the Colombian Naval Academy and the ship’s mascot, a black Labrador named Black Pearl.
The crew were welcomed into Leith by the pipes and drums of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
The ship will be open to the public until Sunday when she leaves for London, where she will be docked at the Ocean terminal in Canary Wharf, arriving on the 5th of September.
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