(The original portuguese post starts with an excerpt from a Fernando Pessoa's poem, that unfortunately I cannot translate).

A Portuguese Navy effective vessel since April 1998 (after complete restoration for the Lisbon Expo'98), the Frigate is considered the World eighth oldest war ship and belongs to the Navy Museum (Museu de Marinha in Lisbon).
These pictures were taken when it was docked at Alcântara on the Tagus River - Lisbon, Portugal - before its masts were locked down, for... (security? protection?) reasons.
Nowadays, and since December 2007, the frigate is docked at Cacilhas, also on the Tagus River - Almada - to be restored and equipped/prepared to become a floating museum.

LET'S APPLAUD THE ALMADA MUNICIPALITY (Câmara Municipal de Almada)!

[originally posted on Jan 5th, 2008]

Category: THE HERITAGE