Granma

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Granma is the small yacht that carried Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries from Mexico to Cuba in 1956, becoming a symbol of the Cuban Revolution.

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Granma canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic ship
symbol of the Cuban Revolution
yacht
arrivalCountry Cuba
arrivalDate 1956-12-02
arrivalProvince Oriente Province
associatedWithEvent Cuban Revolution
associatedWithIdeology Cuban socialism
associatedWithLeader Fidel Castro
associatedWithOrganization 26th of July Movement
builder Wheeler Shipbuilding
builtIn Brooklyn
builtInCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
carriedNumberOfPeople 82
carriedPerson Camilo Cienfuegos
Che Guevara
Fidel Castro
Juan Almeida Bosque
Raúl Castro
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
currentCity Havana, Cuba
surface form: Havana
currentCountry Cuba
currentLocation Granma Memorial Museum
departureCountry Mexico
departureDate 1956-11-25
departurePort Tuxpan
departureState Veracruz
displayedAt Museo de la Revolución
heritageStatus revolutionary relic of Cuba
inspiredNameOf Granma (Cuban Communist Party newspaper)
surface form: Granma (Cuban newspaper)

Granma Province
Granma yacht
surface form: Yate Granma (Cuban state yacht)
landedAt Playa Las Coloradas
laterUse revolutionary transport vessel
length 18 meters
namedAfter nickname of the original owner’s grandmother
notableFor becoming a national revolutionary icon in Cuba
overloaded clandestine crossing from Mexico to Cuba in 1956
originalUse pleasure yacht
propulsion diesel engine
protectedBy glass enclosure
purchasedBy 26th of July Movement
Fidel Castro
symbolOf Cuban revolutionary struggle
overthrow of Fulgencio Batista
type cabin cruiser
voyagePurpose launch Cuban armed insurrection against Fulgencio Batista
yearBuilt 1943

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