Norberto Collado Abreu (February 23, 1921 – April 2, 2008) was the Cuban captain and helmsman of the yacht Granma, which brought Fidel Castro and 81 other rebels to Cuba from Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico, in 1956.
[1] The 1956 landing of Castro from the Granma in eastern Cuba began the Cuban Revolution which resulted in the termination of President Fulgencio Batista's government in 1959.
[1] The Granma, commanded by Castro, began its journey on the night of November 25, 1956, from the port city of Tuxpan in Mexico.
[1] The landing on December 2, 1956, marked the start of the Cuban Revolution, which eliminated Fulgencio Batista from power in 1959.
[1] His funeral was the same day as his death at the Pantheon of the Revolutionary Armed Forces in Colon Cemetery in Havana.