Photo of Cisne Branco

-- The "Cisne Branco", or "White Swan", is Brazilian Navy's sailing vessel. This 76m-long, three-masted clipper ship of 31 sails was built in 1999 in Holland and is used as a training ship for naval officers and cadets, also representing the Brazilian Navy in national and international events and regattas. Its name derives from the popular, though unofficial, navy anthem which compares a moving ship to the smooth sliding of a swan.