Armoured river gunboat Humaita at Presidential Palace

Asunción, Paraguay (PY)

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Armoured river gunboat Humaita at Presidential Palace

Asunción, Paraguay (PY)

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Sea - Military - Surface Warfare
By: kjfitz

Nearby:

President of Paraguay's Palace

Estacion Central del Ferrocarril

Plaza Italia

Edificio Wilson

Torre Icono (tallest building in Paraguay)

Embassy of Argentina, Asunción

Embassy of France, Asunción

Comments

Hinkkanen

@ 2006-04-17 05:13:10

Armoured river gunboat Humaita, laid down in Genoa, Italy April 1929, launched 1930 and completed May 1931, was originally named Capitan Cabral. Sister ship Paraguay (pennant number C1) is also likely to be somewhere in Asuncion.

kjfitz

@ 2006-04-17 10:04:24

Thanks Hink. I looked and looked and couldn't find the name. Good job.

Anonymous

@ 2008-10-18 07:05:45

The small white vessel alongside is the Presidential yacht '3 de febrero', formerly '26 de febrero' , built in ascuncion in 2002.

For more pics of Paraguayan naval vessels enter Paraguayan navy on the google image bank.