Replica of French frigate sent to help American revolutionaries setting sail for Boston

[Gabriel92]

@AMDR @DrawingDead @Peter C @C130 @Georgeclark @Nihonjin1051 @KAL-EL @F-22Raptor

Bon Vent !


FOURAS, France – With champagne, fireworks and a presidential blessing, a painstakingly built replica of the frigate once used to bring French troops and funds to American revolutionaries is setting sail for Boston.

Saturday night's celebratory sendoff for the 25 million euro ($27 million) Hermione seeks to retrace the 65-meter (213-foot) frigate's trans-Atlantic journey in 1780, when its namesake under Marquis de Lafayette's command helped to lay the foundation of French-American relations.

Lafayette persuaded French King Louis XVI to provide military and financial support to George Washington's troops. Lafayette set sail on March 21, 1780, arrived 38 days later in Boston, and played an important role in the revolutionaries' ultimate defeat of Britain.

French President Francois Hollande plans to take a short trip on the ship ahead of its official departure Saturday night.

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[waz]

You beter sail fast little French ship. The British have not forgotton. As we speak this is setting out for a course to intercept....

On topic, it is a thoughtful gesture. I hope she gets there ok.

 

[Gabriel92]

You beter sail fast little French ship. The British have not forgotton. As we speak this is setting out for a course to intercept....

I'll ask the Navy is they can equip the Hermione with some Exocet missiles. (YES,the britts haven't forgotten !! )

On topic, it is a thoughtful gesture. I hope she gets there ok.

We also hope.

 

[waz]

I'll ask the Navy is they can equip the Hermione with some Exocet missiles. (YES,the britts haven't forgotten !! )

Lol, that would be a sight. The side with the missiles on will be in the water.
As for the rest the French did give the Exocet's code and homing radar, which was great. But the missiles still took a toll.

We also hope.

 

[C130]

you gotta think the French regret their decision at least the king and people in power back then.

the war practically bankrupted France and lead to the French revolution.

but it did lead to this man

 

[Indus Falcon]

I'll ask the Navy is they can equip the Hermione with some Exocet missiles.

Touché

 

[Gabriel92]

You beter sail fast little French ship. The British have not forgotton. As we speak this is setting out for a course to intercept....

On topic, it is a thoughtful gesture. I hope she gets there ok.

Your threats were taken seriously that now,a Fremm is escorting the ship...

 

[Hack-Hook]

It seems the french government is better send this ship to baltimore instead of Boston to help the revolutionaries there.

 

[Oldman1]

It seems the french government is better send this ship to baltimore instead of Boston to help the revolutionaries there.

They probably just robbed the ship. If they robbed people who are sympathetic with blacks on cops killing blacks, this is no different.

 

[Hack-Hook]

They probably just robbed the ship. If they robbed people who are sympathetic with blacks on cops killing blacks, this is no different.

Behind every hooligan you can find a revolutionary and it's the same since time immortal, immaterial, immemorial ... or something like that.

 

[Steve781]

The French and American revolutions are often lumped together but they were fundamentally different. The French revolutionaries were radicals who wanted to overhaul the social order while the American revolution was largely the work of a conservative upper class who wanted more domestic influence for themselves.

 

[Desertfalcon]

The French and American revolutions are often lumped together but they were fundamentally different. The French revolutionaries were radicals who wanted to overhaul the social order while the American revolution was largely the work of a conservative upper class who wanted more domestic influence for themselves.

The interpretation of our "revolution" created our first political parties and divisions. The liberal Democratic-Republicans, (Thomas Jefferson's party.), preferred to see it as a revolution and one that needed to continue. The conservative Federalists, (John Adams and Hamilton's party.), saw it more as a war of independence. As a conservative, I tend to view it that way and the conservatives, did managed to push through the creation of the current republic, after the failure of the more radical confederation.

Bon Vent !

She is a gorgeous ship! Sans la France, il n'y aurait pas l'Amérique!

 

[Oldman1]

Behind every hooligan you can find a revolutionary and it's the same since time immortal, immaterial, immemorial ... or something like that.

Looks more like there are more hooligans than there are revolutionaries.

 

[Skull and Bones]

Beautiful creation of art.

 

[Thəorətic Muslim]

It seems the french government is better send this ship to baltimore instead of Boston to help the revolutionaries there.

They probably just robbed the ship. If they robbed people who are sympathetic with blacks on cops killing blacks, this is no different.

Nonsense, my Maryland Patriots took care of it.

You beter sail fast little French ship. The British have not forgotton. As we speak this is setting out for a course to intercept....

That's cute,

Behind every hooligan you can find a revolutionary and it's the same since time immortal, immaterial, immemorial ... or something like that.

These "revolutionaries" are uneducated punks, who decided to drop out of school because they were more interested in hanging out with their "home-boys", and now are complaining that no-one is willing to hire them because they are black. While in fact it's because they have no use to companies competing in the 21st century.