Posted on 06/07/2015 8:31:45 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Gilbert de Motier,the Marquis de Lafayette, named his son George Washington Lafayette.
Cool!!!!
Something I have long wondered: How did the French navy go from dominating the British in the 1780s to being humiliated in 1805?
James Armistead was a slave spy inside the British camp who spied for Lafayette while feeding false info to Benedict Arnold and Cornwallis.
He later took the name James Armistead Lafayette.
Beautiful ship.
Why is the voyage “historic?”
I’ve wondered exactly what these war ships looked like. They took years to build, and the cost, comparatively, was about the same then as today.
Beautiful.
Nice looking ship. A bit gaudy next to a British ship of the line, but a “right smart build.”
>>Why is the voyage “historic?”
Because nothing is news if it isn’t historic, unexpected, or covered in blood.
Thank you.Didn’t know of Armistead. This country will never be able to repay Lafayette for his support and belief in our cause. We were, fortunately, eventually able to have him released from prison.
The Royal Navy ships were very close in appearance at this period. The livery of HMS Victory represents the Napoleonic Period appearance, a bit more less colorful than the period of the Revolution.
I know that the replica team did extensive research on the colorations and the pigments used. I do not know that much about the French Navy, but I was someone surprised to see the saturation on the pigments used. The Royal Navy used natural pigments and purchased paint on competitive bids, so they got lower quality. Those pigments were on the earthier end of the spectrum. The exceptions occurred when Captains used their own funds to buy paints that were brighter and in differents tints not available in Royal Yards.
Cool!!!!
Does it equipped with a bidet?
I don’t know about where the French got their lumber but the British claimed white pines in the colonies as property of the king. (for masts)
This severely restricted colonists ability to grow their farms as well as left them with lower quality lumber. It eventually led to the Pine tree riot in 1772 New Hampshire.
The French entry into the war nailed down independence for the US. When France entered the war, Britain decided to cut off any more resources to the North American theatre, in order to redeploy them to the defense of the Home Islands, India, and the West Indies. Though they did not end the North American war in 1779, they just downgraded its importance to last.
The French relied on domestic sources for the most part. English oak was considered superior but became increasingly scarce throughout the 18th and 19th Century. The English used both North America and the Baltic as sources for masts. North American oak were prone to rot and was not highly prized.
Was this ship the one used to film the Hornblower series a few years ago?
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