Ship profile for the sailing ship: "La Grande Hermine"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | La Grande Hermine |
Ex-names: | La Route est Belle, Ménestrel |
Registered port: | Brest |
Nation: | FRA |
Type of rigging: | YAWL |
Type of ship: | Gaffelyawl |
Year built: | 1932 |
Yard: | Fidèle, Marseille, FRA |
Overall length: | 18.10 m |
Length (hull): | 12.78 m |
Breadth: | 4.10 m |
Draught: | 2.00 m |
Sail area: | 142 m2 |
Engine: | MWM D 225 A |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 27 Jul 2013
- launched July 04, 1932 at the shipyard Fidèle, Marseille, FRA; first name "La Route est Belle" after the song of André Baugé, who used the boat in this time.
- 1937 change of the owner (François Salles), renamed the "Ménestrel".
- 1959 sold to the Maritime School of the French Mechant Navy in Saint-Malo, FRA; renamed the "La Grande Hermine", the name of several ships of the discoverer Jacques Cartier (1491-1557).
- 1963 sold to the Navy School of Brest, used for sail training.
Contact:
Website (français, 04 Feb 2011):http://www.netmarine.net/bat/ecole/be/grandehermine/index.htm
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