UAM Creoula

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[[Image:Foto da maquete do navio Creoula (cedida pelo Museu de Marinha - Lisboa - Portugal).jpg|300px|thumb|A maquette of the ''Creoula'' in the Navy Museum ]] '''UAM ''Creoula'''''{{#tag:ref|UAM: ''Unidades Auxiliares da Marinha'' (Naval Auxiliary Units)<ref>Baker 1999, p. 622.</ref>|group=nb}} or '''NTM ''Creoula'''''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=NTM Creoula|url=https://www.marinha.pt/pt/os_meios/veleiros/Paginas/ntm-creoula.aspx|access-date=2020-10-27|website=Marinha|language=pt-PT}}</ref> is a training ship of the Portuguese Navy, built in 1937 in the Companhia União Fabril (CUF) shipyards in Lisbon for the Parceria Geral de Pescarias fishing company. From 1937 to 1973 she was used in a total of 37 cod fishing campaigns in Newfoundland and Greenland, for a total of 300.000 nautical miles.<ref name=":0" /> Between 1973 and 1979 she remained moored in Lisbon. She was then bought by the Secretariat of State for Fisheries to become a fishing museum. During the repairs it was noticed that the hull was in excellent condition, so it was decided that the ship should sail again. She was converted into a Portuguese Navy training ship in 1987.<ref name=":0" /> The boat's coat of arms consists of two silver cod fish in an azure field under a granny knot.<ref name=":0" />

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* {{cite book|last=Baker|first=A.D.|title=The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998–1999|year=1998|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland, USA|isbn=1-55750-111-4}}

==External links== *[https://www.marinha.pt/pt/os_meios/veleiros/Paginas/ntm-creoula.aspx NTM ''Creoula'' Official Site] {{in lang|pt}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050320002018/http://www.tv.cbc.ca/national/pgminfo/creoula/creoula.html The White Fleet: The Voyage of the Creoula, by The National, CBC News, 1998.]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Creoula}} Category:1937 ships Category:Training ships of the Portuguese Navy Category:Ships built in Portugal