Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Minahouët II"

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Volker Gries,
Sail Brest 2016,
07/2016

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Volker Gries,
Temps Fête Douarnenez 2022,
07/2022

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Temps Fête Douarnenez 2022,
07/2022

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Temps Fête Douarnenez 2022,
07/2022

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Temps Fête Douarnenez 2022,
07/2022

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Last update: 22 Apr 2025

• built in 1912 according to plans for a pilot boat at the Foncillon shipyard in St. Georges de Didonne, FRA; first owner Auguste Moreau of St. Nazaire, FRA, registered her there as a pleasure yacht in January 1913.
• 1919 acquired by Jean Baptiste Getten of Ploubalay, FRA.
• 1922 purchased by MM. Edouard, Henri Debect, and Joseph Aulneau of La Rochelle, FRA.
• 1959–1967 used for sail training, registered in Lorient, FRA.
• 1967 purchased by Bernard Duliscouet of Lorient, restoration and deck modifications, registered in La Trinité, FRA.
• 1979 purchased by Philippe Videau of Paris, FRA, registered in Lorient, from 1985 managed by shipyard owner Bernard de La Tremblade, no use, from 1986 deterioration of the vessel.
• acquired by René Paris at an auction in Rochefort in April 1986, founding of a support association "Les amis du Minahouet" in St. Georges de Didonne, FRA; the project to restore the ship failed.
• acquired in 1993 by the "Voiles d'Iroise" association and fully restored to her original condition at the shipyard in Meslan, France.
• listed as a historic monument (monument historique) in December 2009.
• acquired by the "La Belle Angèle" association in 2018, registered in Pont-Aven, FRA.

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