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For several years now, the Hermione-La Fayette Association has been working on a tremendous project - rebuilding the frigate Hermione in which La Fayette (Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette) sailed to America in 1780 to help the colonists fighting against the British in the American War of Independence. |
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The actual building of the frigate began in February 1997, in a vast marking-out hall 25 metres long by 12 metres wide. Asselin's shipwrights spent three months marking out the working drawing on a scale of 1:1, then built the templates of the various parts. |
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The construction site is organised into two work places - a workshop under canvas, where all the wood is cut up and machined, and a vast tarpaulin-covered structure covering the front part of the building berth where the warship is gradually taking shape. Aventuriers' comment : you have to see it ! Incredible. A dream is to become true. People are working days and nights to make it real. |
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| Contact : Maryline BARRÈRE BÉGUÉ |
| La Corderie Royale Centre International de la Mer |
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| Opening : td> every day from 10am to 6pm from October 1st to March 31st. Every day from 9am to 7pm from April 1st to September 30th. Guided Tours are organised every day. Closed on December 25th and January 1st. |
| Price* : : 5€, children from 8 to 16 : 2€. Guided tour : 7€, children from 8 to 16 : 3€. Group visit : on request. |
| *: Prices are indicative and could be changed. |
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