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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

lolz


21 posted on 09/09/2014 9:23:03 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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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.


22 posted on 09/09/2014 9:25:41 AM PDT by tanknetter
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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.


23 posted on 09/09/2014 9:32:24 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: Billthedrill

Back when synchronized rope dancing was mans work.


24 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)
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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.


25 posted on 09/09/2014 9:52:11 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins most of the battles. Reality wins ALL the wars.)
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To: DeFault User

+1


26 posted on 09/09/2014 9:55:26 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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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.

27 posted on 09/09/2014 9:59:40 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins most of the battles. Reality wins ALL the wars.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Oh my.

Oh my.


28 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)
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To: Skooz

Eye candy!


29 posted on 09/09/2014 10:23:20 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: smokingfrog; SWAMPSNIPER

TIMELAPSE VIDEO TAKEN DURING CONSTRUCTION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3labVPJOLzg


30 posted on 09/09/2014 11:59:39 AM PDT by widdle_wabbit
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To: widdle_wabbit

Amazing and most certainly one of a kind. I’d like to be able to go and see it sometime.


31 posted on 09/09/2014 12:12:18 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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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.


32 posted on 09/09/2014 6:16:13 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: biff

lol, k... :-)


33 posted on 09/10/2014 6:44:45 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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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.


34 posted on 09/18/2014 7:39:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

She’s beautiful!! Thanks for sharing.


35 posted on 09/18/2014 7:42:00 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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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.


36 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")
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Beautiful ship!


37 posted on 09/18/2014 7:54:28 PM PDT by Pelham (California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)
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To: widdle_wabbit

That’s a tremendous video you’ve posted.

I’d love to see that ship sail into Yorktown.


38 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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