Ship profile for the sailing ship: "La Grande Hermine"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2004,
07/2004
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2008,
07/2008
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Temps fete Douarnenez 2016,
07/2016
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
La Grande Hermine: website about her and other ships of the French Navy