Tall Sailing Ship to Pass Through Tower Bridge

As part of its 2015 goodwill tour of the world, the Colombian Navy’s three-masted training ship will visit London’s Thames Quay, West India Dock from Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 September 2015.

The ‘ARC Gloria’, one of the biggest tall ships in the world still in service, left its home port of Cartagena, Colombia, on 26 June and has since visited ports in Portugal, Germany, Holland. During her four-day stay in London the ‘ARC Gloria’ will be open to the public for free tours onboard.

The ship has a crew of 150, including 67 final-year cadets from the Colombian Naval Academy and one dog “Black Pearl” the sailing black Labrador and the flagship’s mascot.

As part of the Totally Thames Festival join us in London to celebrate a Colombia day by the river. There will be music, dancing and delicious Colombian food.

At 7pm the bascules of Tower Bridge will raise to allow the Colombian Navy’s three-masted training ship ‘ARC Gloria’ pass into the Upper Pool where 67 of its crew will balance on its masts singing the Colombian National Anthem.