The Spanish Navy training ship ‘Juan Sebastián de Elcano’ arrives at the Isle of Samar (Philippines).

The Spanish Navy training ship ‘Juan Sebastián de Elcano’ arrives at the Isle of Samar (Philippines).

Wednesday, March 17th 2021

The Spanish Navy training ship ‘Juan Sebastián de Elcano’ arrived at the isle of Samar in the Philippines after having crossed the Pacific Ocean sailing at full sail and following the so-called ‘Manila Galleon’ route.

The ship is traveling through the Philippine and Indonesian archipelagos and will soon head towards the Isle of Cebu.

The ‘Juan Sebastián de Elcano’ is conducting her 93rd Training Cruise, which includes a round-the-world trip as one of the events to celebrate the 500 anniversary of the first circumnavigation of the globe.

The ship set sail from the province of Cadiz last August 24, and during the next 10 months, the ship plans to call at the most relevant places that the Spanish expedition of Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastian de Elcano visited 500 years ago.

The ship's main task is to contribute to the comprehensive training of the current graduation class of 62 midshipmen, future officers of the Spanish Navy who, on this occasion, embarked on December 6.