A.R.A. Libertad

THE frigate A.R.A. Libertad, a training ship from Argentina, will be welcoming visitors on board when it anchors at Pulau Indah, Port Klang, on June 28 and 29.

Visitors need only show their identification cards to board the vessel between 2pm and 5pm during the ship’s Open Day at the National Hydrographic Centre, Bandar Armada Putra in Pulau Indah.

The vessel will remain in Malaysia until June 30.

Today, I went to Port Klang with my family and to board the vessel.

ARA Libertad (Q-2) is a tall ship which serves as a school ship in the Argentine Navy. She was built in the 1950s at the Rio Santiago shipyards near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her maiden voyage was in 1962, and she continues to be a school ship with yearly instruction voyages for the graduating naval cadets.

This is the entrance to the National Hydrographic Centre, Bandar Armada Putra in Pulau Indah.

Here is the security house. The visits time is from 2pm to 5pm. We were waited here until 2pm, then only allowed to go in. We drove in and parked the car here, the National Hydrographic Centre. From the security house to here is about 1km.
The difference view of the National Hydrographic Centre.

This is the 望远台。We walked about 500meter to reach the Libertad. The weather was hot and we forgot to bring umbrella.
We almost reached the Libertad.
We took some photos before we went on board.The gold-plated statue in front of the Libertad. I guessed she is Libertad.

The side-view of Liberted.
The front-view of Libertad.
When we were on boarded, we saw this banting in front of the entrance.

Here is the center of Libertad. We saw a lot of rigs. The ropes are use to tighten the sail-clothes.

This is one of the mast.

We saw ropes everywhere.

We only allowed to walked around the vessel but could not enter the cabin. The vessel is well maintain and very clean. Even every sailor wear very tidy and the sailor suit is pure white with white shoes and some of them are very tall and handsome. Haha.

The rescue boat.

The sailor explaining the function of the equipment.

The Malaysian's navy (in black colour shoes) on boarded.

Ker-Vie posed in-front of them.

Ker-Vie and Jae-Drien with the life buoy.

Kids with the big anchor.
In front of Libertad and the main mast.
This is the kitchen, all stainless steel equipment. I took this photo thru the window.

I took some photos around the vessel.

This is the ship's bell since 1961 (47 years).
Ker-Vie was under the ship's bell.We posed with the sailor.
This is the front part of the Libertad.
Finished our journey at 3pm.