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	The Training Ship "ESMERALDA" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The name “Esmeralda” is linked to the Chilean Naval History since 1818, year in which, under the command of Captain O’Brien, the Chilean Naval Forces fought and boarded the Spanish frigate “Esmeralda” resulting in the heroic death of Captain O’Brien on the deck in an attempt to capture the vessel.
		During these past 46 years, this ship has called at more than 300 ports, and is recognized by her outstanding participation as training ship and floating embassy, receiving on her deck the friendly visit of the most highest Head of States, diplomats, military chiefs, the media, and public in general.
		The Esmeralda is a brigantine of four masts with square sails at the pawl and fore-and-aft sails at the after and forward main mast and mizzen mast.
	www.caphorniers.cl /esmeralda/esmeraldaING.htm (531 words)

	Protest marks Chilean tall ship's visit \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Amnesty International and the Organization of American States claim that the ship, built in 1954, was used as a prison and torture boat in the early 1970s by the government of Augusto Pinochet and that more than 100 political prisoners were interrogated and tortured on board.
		The public was invited yesterday to tour the ship, which is used as a training vessel by the Chilean Navy.
		The Esmeralda's tentative plans are to depart for Hawaii on Thursday and then continue on to New Zealand and Australia, where Stamon said protests are also planned.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040426/news_1m26ship.html (480 words)

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	TNI The Pinochet Precedent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The former mayor of Valparaiso, where the ship was stationed, described being tied to one of the ship's masts and subjected repeatedly to electric shock.
		Thus, La Esmeralda sails as the representative of a democratic nation that is making efforts to overcome the horrors of the Pinochet regime and to hold human rights violators accountable.
		But the ship's arrival should be seen as an opportunity to learn from the lessons of history and to take a step toward reconciliation.
	www.tni.org /archives/jonas/180600.htm (1131 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Blair urged to ban Pinochet torture ship
		The Chilean navy's infamous torture ship, the Esmeralda, is to visit Britain twice this summer after the foreign secretary, Jack Straw, refused petitions for it to be banned.
		Chile's continued refusal to admit that the ship was used as a centre for the systematic rape, maiming and killing of opponents of Gen Pinochet's regime has seen its recent trips to Latin American countries greeted by angry protests.
		Ms Comene recently revisited the ship with some journalists and was able to point out the stairs leading to the room where she was raped.
	www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,3604,971481,00.html (1093 words)

	Esmeralda Historical Model Ship -
		The world’s second largest sailing ship, Chile’s Esmeralda, 353 feet long with a mast height of 165 feet was launched in 1952.
		The second Esmeralda was the one led by famous Chilean Naval hero Arturo Prat during its last battle before sinking in 1879.
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	Tall Ships 2000 - Halifax, NS
		Between July 19-24, the port of Halifax, NS, was invaded by a large fleet of Tall Ships, as a part of Tall Ships 2000.
		Esmeralda, an A-class barquentine from Chile, at the wharf in Halifax.
		Esmeralda pulls away from her berth for the Parade of Sail.
	www.hazegray.org /features/tallships2000/part1 (480 words)

	In the guise of a "phantom ship", the "Esmeralda" sails again
		On March 14, 2004, the training ship "Esmeralda" --the ship of the Chilean Navy which symbolizes torture and death-- once again sails away from its home in Valparaiso, in the guise of a real "phantom ship", with Pinochet's pirate flag hoisted atop its four masts.
		Transformed into a real phantom ship, the "Esmeralda" will be able to make a surprise entrance to every port just like the ships of the Chilean Navy which returned to Valparaiso at dawn on that fatal September 11, 1973, with their cannons pointing at the poorest quarters of the city.
		As regards the visit of the ship to Sydney, Australia in the year 2002, it is interesting to note that the Consul General of Chile, Jorge Canelas, said: "There are reports of terrible stories [with regard to the use of the ship in l973] but none of them have been confirmed.
	chile-esmeralda.com /documents/2004/in_the_guise_of_a_phantom_ship.htm (1037 words)

	Chile: Torture and the naval training ship the "Esmeralda" - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		There is no evidence that torture was committed on the "Esmeralda" after 1973; nevertheless, the ship is seen as a symbol of the cruel fate of political prisoners in Chilean recent history, especially of the indiscriminate use of torture by government officials.
		A ship's doctor was sent to the "Esmeralda" to attend a "dying priest".
		During one of the voyages of the "Esmeralda", the New York City Council and the New York State Assembly and Senate passed resolutions in June 1986, expressing opposition to the participation of the Chilean naval vessel "Esmeralda" in the July Fourth Liberty weekend celebration and urging the invitation for her participation to be withdrawn.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGAMR220062003?open&of=ENG-CHL (3599 words)

	Tall Ships at Dockside, 1976
		Remaining ships docked at midtown piers on the Hudson, from Pier 84 at 44th Street to 92 at 52nd Street.
		The ship on the other side of the pier with dark furled sails is the Libertad (Argentina).
		The ship beyond Nippon Maru is the Esmeralda (Chile).
	www.uwsp.edu /geo/projects/geoweb/participants/dutch/WTC1976/WTC003.htm (493 words)

	Chilean Tall Ship Stops in Hawaii (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The 371-foot steel-hulled four-masted barquentine is the world’s 2nd tallest sailing ship and has a crew of 300 Sailors and 90 midshipmen.
		Additionally, the ship is also host to foreign midshipmen during their training cruises.
		As ambassadors, and as sailors, the men of the Esmeralda enjoyed their time in Hawaii and were ready to return to sea to continue their training when the ship left Nov. 5.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=4406 (661 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Activists in Melbourne were aware that this ship, the Esmeralda was coming to town, but because of busy schedules the idea of doing an action seemed a remote possibility.
		The ship docked at 8:00am Monday 22nd of July, there was a large group from the Chilean community, who were there in support of the ship.
		"Esmeralda: Ship of death" Slowly the truth was beginning to emerge, the real history about this ship was being discovered.
	uqconnect.net /~zzdkeena/NvT/23/23.5.txt (1801 words)

	sandiego.indymedia.org \| THE TORTURE SHIP "ESMERALDA" IN SAN DIEGO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Due to the fact that the detainees were being moved from one ship to another, the actual number of prisoners on board varies depending on the testimonies.
		Father Woodward' detention on the Esmeralda was first reported by the newspaper "La Estrella" from Valparaíso in September of 1973, while all the Chilean media, including "La Estrella", were under military censorship.
		The Esmeralda is not only the Chilean Navy's Torture Chamber, as has been thoroughly documented, but also -- along with the bird of prey on its bow -- a symbol of the most hieneous crimes ever commited in the countries of the Southern Cone of Latin America.
	sandiego.indymedia.org /en/2004/04/103811.shtml (509 words)

	The Making of Esmeralda Page 9
		The Esmeralda appears on the horizon sailing gracefully toward the observer.
		No day celebrating the Esmeralda would be complete without a traditional Chilean Empanada of onion, meat, boiled egg and fl olive, wrapped in a bread dough.
		Esmeralda will be loved in our home for many generations to come.
	web.tampabay.rr.com /spencerpage/spencerweb/model/11.htm (631 words)

	Grand ship, ugly past - smh.com.au
		The pride of the Chilean Navy, the Esmeralda might be a magnificent example of marine architecture, but it has skeletons in its closet.
		The ship's invitation to take part in the 1986 Bicentennial celebration of the Statue of Liberty caused the Unites States Senate to pass a resolution condemning its involvement.
		The commission confirmed in 1991 that the ship was used as a torture centre.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/08/07/1028157962906.html (430 words)

	Human Rights Internet - The Human Rights Databank
		The reason for the demonstrations are personified by the condor painted on the side of the ship.
		In fact, there are various reports claiming that La Esmeralda, along with ships Lebu and Maipo, was used as a torture chamber during the military regime of Pinochet.
		Nonetheless, the captain of the ship and the rest of the navy firmly deny the allegations, passing them off as lies and accusing the protestors of "living in the past".
	www.hri.ca /tribune/viewArticle.asp?ID=2611 (818 words)

	Institute for Policy Studies
		The Esmeralda was used as a torture center and the facts are all down in reports of the OAS, the UN, Amnesty International and many other human rights organizations.
		I might add that the ship was not welcome in New York, during the festivities of the Statue of Liberty years ago.
		At the press conference on board the ship, the Captain will deny that the Esmeralda was ever used as a torture center.
	www.ips-dc.org /projects/laesmelet.htm (581 words)

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	TNI The Pinochet Precedent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		While there is no evidence that torture was committed on the "Esmeralda" after 1973, the ship is nevertheless seen as a symbol of the cruel fate of political prisoners in Chilean recent history, especially of the indiscriminate use of torture by government officials.
		During one of the voyages of the "Esmeralda", the New York City Council and the New York State Assembly and Senate passed resolutions in June 1986, expressing opposition to the participation of the Chilean naval vessel "Esmeralda" in the July 4th Liberty weekend celebration and urging the invitation for her participation to be withdrawn.
		One of the victims of torture of the "Esmeralda" was a British-Chilean priest, Michael Woodward.
	www.tni.org /pin-docs/esm-amn.htm (629 words)

	2000 Season Report - Pages 175 through 180 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		No matter the materials used, in the age of fighting sail (1650-1850) the ships were a bewilderingly complex assortment of parts and pieces having names like rising wood, crutch, gripe, breast hook and futtock.
		When a sailing ship was on the open water she lived by the wind, and good winds were noisy, often shrieking and screaming through the gigantic maze of rigging.
		The knee is an angled piece of timber, generally used to connect the beams of a ship with the sides or frames.
	www.imacdigest.com /2000rep/p175-180.html (1549 words)

	Jackson, Alemán and the Torture Ship
		In the wake of the 1973 Chilean coup, a US-backed affair in which the elected president of Chile, Salvador Allende, was assassinated and hundreds of his supporters were made to disappear, the Esmeralda was used to imprison several dozen political prisoners.
		The elected mayor of Valparaiso was bound to one of the Esmeralda's four masts and tortured with electric shocks for several days.
		Michael Woodward, a Chilean-British dual citizen and Roman Catholic priest, was tortured to death on the Esmeralda.
	www.thepanamanews.com /pn/v_09/issue_09/opinion_04.html (643 words)

	Esmeralda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Chilean sailing ship Esmeralda leaving Melbourne in October 1995.
		She had been moored in the Yarra River, and on reaching the waters of Port Phillip Bay had put up all her sails.
		Since it was a still, humid afternoon, I suspect that this was more a gesture to display the ship rather than an attempt to catch the wind.
	www.mozeyoninn.com /Aircraft/Ships/Ships/ship1.htm (79 words)

	Pinochet Watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Chilean Naval ship, La Esmeralda, will be docking at Fells Point in the Baltimore Harbor as part of the Operation Sail Tall Ship event.
		La Esmeralda is not just another tall ship, but a historic symbol of political oppression and torture.
		In 1973, after the bloody coup led by Augusto Pinochet, the ship was used as a prison and torture chamber.
	www.xs4all.nl /~tni/pin-watch/watch2106.htm (353 words)

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	Esmeralda Memorial Service
		Father Michael Woodward, who died after torture aboard the Esmeralda, was remembered along with 110 political prisoners held aboard the ship in the aftermath of the September, 1973, coup in Chile.
		Today, the Navy denies everything, but an officer of a ship whose doctor was called to the Esmeralda to see Fr.
		This tall ship has a bloody, brutal history, by IPS's Stacie Jonas and Sarah Anderson.
	www.bcpl.net /~jnlstrss/esmrlda/esm-msvc.htm (300 words)

	Esmeralda Model Ship by Old World Trading Company
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	The Making of Esmeralda
		: An actual photo taken of the Esmeralda as she sailed in the OpSail 2000 Parade of Ships back in June of 2000.
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		The book was a mother lode of information and has proven to be an invaluable reference to many of the finer details of the ships architecture.
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	Esmerelda Wooden Model Ship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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	HAMPTON ROADS, Virginia, News
		With a towering mast above him, Jose Luis Olmedo Ortiz cleans the deck on the Chilean tall ship Esmeralda on Thursday.
		The ship was docked at the Norfolk Naval Station, getting ready for the OpSail 2000 parade on Friday.
		Crew members prepare to greet guests arriving on board the Chilean ship Esmeralda on Thursday.
	www.hamptonroads.com /opsail/op0615red.html (111 words)

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