Granma yacht

E29413

historic ship motor yacht

The Granma yacht is the vessel that carried Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries from Mexico to Cuba in 1956, marking the beginning of the Cuban Revolution.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic ship → motor yacht →
arrivalCountry	Cuba →
arrivalDate	2 December 1956 →
arrivalProvince	Oriente Province →
associatedCountry	Cuba →
associatedEvent	Cuban Revolution →
associatedIdeology	Cuban revolutionary movement →
associatedOrganization	26th of July Movement →
builtIn	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
carriedPerson	Camilo Cienfuegos → Che Guevara → Fidel Castro → Juan Almeida Bosque → Raúl Castro →
country	Mexico →
crewDuringVoyage	overloaded relative to design capacity →
currentLocation	Museo de la Revolución → surface form: "Museum of the Revolution, Havana"
departureCountry	Mexico →
departureDate	25 November 1956 →
departurePort	Tuxpan →
designCapacity	about 12 people →
displayedAt	Museo de la Revolución → surface form: "Museum of the Revolution, Havana"
engineType	twin diesel engines →
featuredOn	coat of arms of Granma Province →
historicalSignificance	symbolic beginning of the Cuban Revolution →
inspiredNameOf	Granma (Cuban Communist Party newspaper) → Granma Province →
landedNear	Playa Las Coloradas →
launchYear	1943 →
length	18 meters → about 60 feet →
material	wooden hull →
namedAfter	grandmother of the original owner →
notableVoyage	Mexico to Cuba crossing in 1956 →
operator	Fidel Castro →
originalUse	pleasure craft →
passengerCount	82 →
preservationStatus	museum exhibit →
protectedBy	glass enclosure →
purchasedBy	Fidel Castro →
purchaseLocation	Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico →
purchaseYear	1956 →
purposeOfVoyage	start armed struggle in Cuba →
status	decommissioned →
tonnage	about 25 gross tons →
usedBy	26th of July Movement →
voyageDuration	7 days →

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Museo de la Revolución → exhibits → Granma yacht →

Granma expedition → hasPart → Granma yacht →

this entity surface form: "yacht Granma"

Cuban Revolution → significantEvent → Granma yacht →

this entity surface form: "Granma yacht landing"