Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Général Leclerc BR6768"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Général Leclerc BR6768 |
Registered port: | Tinduff, Plougastel-Daoulas |
Nation: | FRA |
Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
Type of ship: | Sloop Coquillier |
Year built: | 1948 |
Yard: | Auguste Tertu, Le Fret, FRA |
Overall length: | 15.60 m |
Length (hull): | 11.40 m |
Breadth: | 4.05 m |
Draught: | 1.90 m |
Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
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Last update: 19 Mar 2011
- built in 1948 at the shipyard M. Auguste Tertu, Le Fret, FRA for scallop fishing in the Bay of Brest, since 1951-52 fitted with an auxilliary engine, owner Pierre Kervella, Plougastel-Daoulas, FRA.
- 1973 decommissioned from the fishery.
- sold to Dutch owners who began to restore her.
- since 1987 owned by the association Lenn Vor, which professionally restored the ship, operated as maritime cultural monument and active sailing veteran, visits many sailing events of the region.
- since 2005 she is acknowledged as a historic monument.
- named to honour Philippe de Hauteclocque alias Jacques-Philippe Leclerc (1902-1947), a French general in World War II.