From Falmouth to Montevideo: A Voyage on Uruguayan Navy Tall Ship Capitán Miranda

In August 2023 I joined the Uruguayan Navy’s sail training ship Capitán Miranda little over halfway through her epic seven-month deployment. Since departing the shallow waters of the River Plate, her 80-strong ship’s company had already experienced the delights of New York, a stormy North Atlantic crossing, and the busy schedule of the 2023 Tall Ship Races around northern Europe. Her aim was twofold. First, was to fly the flag and a rather large one it was too! Usually confined to the local waters of the South Atlantic, the opportunity for a Uruguayan Navy (hereafter URN) vessel to visit a str…