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Rebuilt 18th century ship tests French waters
WOKV ^
| Sept 07/2014
| FRANCOIS MORI
Posted on 09/09/2014 8:00:18 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER
PARIS — A reconstruction of the 213-foot (65-meter) frigate used by France's Marquis de Lafayette to bring reinforcements to American revolutionaries in 1780 has tested the waters for the first time.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: france; godsgravesglyphs; lafayette; revilution; ship
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To: DeFault User
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posted on
09/09/2014 9:23:03 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
So this isn’t really a reconstruction or rebuild, but rather a new replica of the original ship that was lost in 1793.
To: DeFault User
Too funny!
She is a beautiful ship. Considerably smaller design than the somewhat (17 years difference) USS Constitution tho. Too bad that, if they go to Boston next year, Constitution will be in drydock and they cant berth together for comparison pics. The pics from the recent visit of the Charles W Morgan there really showed just how big Constitution and the other Humphreys 44s were.
To: Billthedrill
Back when synchronized rope dancing was mans work.
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posted on
09/09/2014 9:33:06 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: tanknetter
Those were great ships. Outgunned anything they couldn’t outrun. Gave the Brits a series of nasty shocks in 1812. They weren’t used to losing single ship battles.
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posted on
09/09/2014 9:52:11 AM PDT
by
Sherman Logan
(Perception wins most of the battles. Reality wins ALL the wars.)
To: DeFault User
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posted on
09/09/2014 9:55:26 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Lafayette persuaded French King Louis XVI to provide military and financial support to George Washington's troops, and set off on March 21, 1780, from Rochefort, according to the Hermione project historians. He arrived in Boston 38 days later, and Lafayette played an important role in the revolutionary victory against England.Uhh. Not very good historians. Lafayette was specifically prohibited from going by the King, but he went anyway, in 1777.
To be fair, it's the reporter that's an idiot, not the historians.
This voyage was his second trip to America, and played out as described. But it reads like it was the first.
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posted on
09/09/2014 9:59:40 AM PDT
by
Sherman Logan
(Perception wins most of the battles. Reality wins ALL the wars.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
09/09/2014 10:06:21 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: Skooz
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posted on
09/09/2014 10:23:20 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: smokingfrog; SWAMPSNIPER
To: widdle_wabbit
Amazing and most certainly one of a kind. I’d like to be able to go and see it sometime.
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posted on
09/09/2014 12:12:18 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: tanknetter
In order to be truly representative of the original ship, it should fly the French Royal Naval Ensign, not the tricolor, which would be an anachronism.
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posted on
09/09/2014 6:16:13 PM PDT
by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
To: biff
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Not ancient, but hey, tall ships, cut me some slack, and btw, hoist the yardarm ye scurvy dogs.
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posted on
09/18/2014 7:39:59 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
She’s beautiful!! Thanks for sharing.
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posted on
09/18/2014 7:42:00 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: widdle_wabbit
Wow, wow!!! Excellent time lapse of the construction...thanks for posting.
It also gives beginning and completion dates. They began construction in 1997. Will set sail for the US in April 2015.
First stop...Yorktown, then on to several New England ports.
So cool.
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posted on
09/18/2014 7:51:40 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
09/18/2014 7:54:28 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)
To: widdle_wabbit
That’s a tremendous video you’ve posted.
I’d love to see that ship sail into Yorktown.
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posted on
09/18/2014 8:03:59 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)
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