French warship replica sets sail for America

A newly-launched replica of the 18th century French frigate Hermione is now in the mid-Atlantic, ploughing her way toward the U.S. East Coast. She's retracing the voyage made in 1780 by the original Hermione, whose mission was crucial to the American Revolution. Mark Phillips reports.

[@lemonade2473]

When cosplayers go the extra mile.

[@dmarco3117]

The extra nautical mile

[@evancain4906]

Marco de Cordoba. Nice one

[@drake9426]

You mean the extra 4,760 miles****

[@Thomas_LB]

Marco de Cordoba lol i was gonna say that

[@Dragon12dk12]

reenactors more like, cosplay implies fiction

[@Mr.Obongo]

And It still has more firepower than Somali pirates

[@TheTurtleOfGods]

You're a Somali pirate and this guy pulls up on your shore to conquer your land like an imperial

[@matthewbrooks5481]

Like 500 here. It's been an honor.

[@don-1908]

@@TheTurtleOfGods of course it’s more powerful

[@rasputin4808]

Nahs its all fun and games till somalia brings out the 50 and shoots the ship up

[@MOtherNature790]

I would bet on a modern speed boat with a .50 cal could out range the cannons by a lot

[@MrOverdoze1991]

this type of ships are in my opinion the most beautiful ships in history.

[@Comandante_Fernandez]

In OUR opinion xd

[@mrbritannia3833]

@@Comandante_Fernandez Yes, comrade.

[@Comandante_Fernandez]

@@mrbritannia3833 Ñ

[@littletweeter1327]

Not debatable. The golden age of sail is called the golden age for a reason

[@SmoovyNovaFan]

the Black Pearl

[@plottwist3364]

Ships used to be so much elegant back in the days

[@blockobutter]

stellvia hoenheim You think plenty trees aren't involved in today's shipbuilding industry?

[@13thSystem]

Block o Butter Direct comparison sure, but if you compare the size of modern ships, nope, wood today is mostly just decoration and insulation. Only yachts and smaller boats still use wood for hull.

[@blockobutter]

I'm not talking about wood being used on the ship.

[@13thSystem]

Block o Butter Elaborate, because the shipbuilding industry back then used wood for everything from the scaffolding to the dockyards as opposed to today which is mostly concrete dry docks and metal gantries.

[@jabbafo]

Elegant but brutal. These ships knew true battle.

[@elijahkingramos7101]

Me and the bois sending reinforcements to the American revolutionaries:

[@spok9180]

Kek

[@lennonmccaherty6958]

Moi and le boyes

[@chickknightgreenleaf820]

Hermione's crews: Bonjour! People of America! we're here to help you ruin a Englishman's day

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤

[@ohkabomb917]

What's more amazing is the fact that in just the span of 240 years, we went from this to multi-billion dollar nuclear-powered aircraft carriers carrying weapons unimaginable at that time.

[@no1DdC]

There's a forest of 300 000 straight and tall trees in Sweden that was planted between 1830 and 1840, intended to produce the finest oak for warships by the year 1980. It still exists and the trees were indeed perfect for wooden warships by that time.

[@Louiscare]

@@no1DdC visingso oak forest

[@potestoniko]

​@@no1DdC ohhhhh the sweet sweet irony ??

[@jackmeixell1179]

and yet those same aircraft carriers get lost thousands of miles off course

[@ligth3977]

It's also amazing that a calculator a few hundred years ago is about 1 cubic meter in size is now the same size as your hand, and not only that, it is also every machine combined into one.

[@TheSteelEcho666]

As a Brit, I should be disgusted. But she is a very pretty ship.

[@Tom-2142]

Don't worry you can always hop on the Victory and sink it if you feel the need.

[@JSPartre]

Let's be honest, we keep fighting but we secretly are fascinated by each other's country. (Don't tell anybody I said that though, you roastbeef.)

[@Tom-2142]

Ok Frog

[@jaymog]

I think it's a good idea to remind the Americans exactly who won the war for them. France was a major power, without their help they would never have beaten the British.

[@2headedtasman200]

jaymog Most decently educated Americans know this, then you got all the other people who don't know when WW2 started.

[@jeanladoire4141]

Im french and some years ago, i visited the Hermione at Rochefort as it was being built (they allowed visitors to raise funds, it was flippin expensive to cut a whole forest for that) and i can ensure you that it is a very impressively well made ship ... i hope you americans liked it !

[@alpharius4208]

Jean Ladoire I want to see it race the USS Constitution

[@jeanladoire4141]

Kaiser Groog Could be an interesting race indeed

[@kallo182]

@@alpharius4208 In Fakt those Ships were fast. But not the fastest of his Time. The fastest Ships back in the Days was Sloops. A Sloop was build for speed.

[@chrismayo4902]

Jean Ladoire my French Cousin’ it goes without saying that us Americans owe a great deal of gratitude to the founding of this republic’ the men who fought and so willingly died so that the sparks of freedom could ignite the torch seen by the rest of the known world that we’ as a people, would not be oppressed by a foreign king, I tip my hat to you sir’ it’s a shame really that the squabbles of monarchs drag their country’s to war on the backs of its citizens to fatten there own greedy pockets, god bless all the Mariners of all the navy’s back then’ from the men of the British Royal Navy’ to the Spanish’ the French’ Dutch’ and whoever else that had the spirit and gall to step onto the decks of such elegant vessels’ truly a glorious age’

[@davidmcgrath8228]

beautiful ship ..I have to admit the french build things with quality and with pride ,,,im part French and proud of the heritage I would like to go to france someday and also see the wonderful ship

[@vingtorodinson1967]

what a beautiful frigate, she is.

[@zerofox7347]

Provocateur - how does that relate to a beautiful frigate?

[@robinhyperlord9053]

@Provocateur Dumb troll.

[@noahreischmann64]

Aye lad she’s a beauty all right

[@kimisadventure96]

Wait, I thought this was a brig

[@MasterHall117]

@@noahreischmann64 And perfect for Kenway’s fleet

[@memikell]

Great ship, but in 1780 the tricolor did not exist, should be the royal flag of France

[@troy2286]

I'm not 100% on Naval ensign laws but do Civilians Vessels have to strictly follow Ensign codes? Is it based on different countries because in the US i see many private ships flying pirate flags

[@wattana62]

Hi, It's international rules for navigation ! You can't have a ship with an unofficial flag.

[@sailingkadussa5675]

Le pavillon blanc de la Royale!

[@seikibrian8641]

+ Troy "in the US i see many private ships flying pirate flags" That's fine if they're US boats in US waters. If they're sailing into foreign waters, though, they need to fly the US national ensign (The "American Flag"). Technically even the yacht ensign is not allowed. (And the yacht ensign really should be reserved for when docked or at anchor, and the national ensign used when underway, but few yachtsmen change from one to the other.)

[@tufftraveller4784]

War of 1812 ;)

[@ihavetowait90daystochangem67]

*Thats got to be the best pirate I’ve ever seen*

[@seanurbik2689]

... So it would seem.

[@Ace-qw9mf]

So it would seem

[@benreeves206]

So it would seam.

[@pierreparis6914]

Il semblerait en effet...

[@aquafckface]

pipi in the poopoopants

[@Mojo522]

As a French-American, this is an awesome story

[@rogermichou8654]

i cried too

[@maestro-zq8gu]

French saved us then we saved them. Lots of love from our side of the pond :D

[@stuartwhyman1]

Simo, 90% where did you pluck that figure from? REad a up on your British navel terminology, I assure you, not much of it is Dutch. EDucate us and give us a few more - 90% is a big number.

[@pugswillfly3211]

At least the french and Americans weren’t as bad as the Russians and Japanese.

[@tristan.h5099]

@@mrmurphypiers1241 lol, this stereotype

[@olbradley]

@@pugswillfly3211 ?

[@lejenddairy]

Also Augustus has a point, rape cases happen all the time during war. You probably can’t name a country who isn’t guilty of rape. And France was occupied by Germany so to blame the allies for destruction of war is a bit silly.

[@ronanverhulst6854]

the main goal of this ship was to rebuild an old vessel with old technicoly. they made of lot of research to find plans, threes with good shapes, find the way to use old tools, find people to make her, testing forgotten working technics. and now, it sails, and pretty good.

[@letoubib21]

Experimental archeology. The Frenchmen are building a medevial castle just that way, too . . .

[@rosseatsleepjdm]

I'm sure in the build video they are using powertools - and I don't blame them as it would take a long time/lot of labour to do this with the tools of the period. Still a glorious and remarkable feat of engineering in this age but you have to appreciate the work that must have gone into these ships a few hundred years ago :)

[@gaetann.6577]

They didn't build the Hermione like the first, cause the modern Hermione was builded during a lot of years, so the wood move during this time (wood didn't see water during many years), so they had change some things to rebuild the ship. The first one was builded during 6 months so they hadn't problems with this. You can learn all of this in is harbor , at Rochefort, were the Hermione was builded and were is the ship when they don't sail. I'm sorry if my english isn't good, but I'm a french people!

[@2headedtasman200]

I thought it was a btec USS Constitution

[@MarcABrown-tt1fp]

At 4:14 you can see an electrical prop just beside the rudder, it seems it's not all original..

[@Reverse2057]

What a beautiful ship. I sincerely hope more like her can be rebuilt and sailing again. I miss those sails on the horizon so deeply. The Golden Age of Sail needs to return!!!

[@paulpeterson4216]

Hopefully they can sail her to Hollywood and she can feature in many future movies about the period.

[@ImReverseGiraffe]

They take too many trees to make.

[@Peter-yz2si]

Stunning work, I'm a historian seeing immobile ships like HMS Victory for example made me be stunned to see the quality. Too see a man and a few others made a MOBILE ship which was sailed to course the same track as the first did... That is pure skill.

[@yane8878]

Roblox Thomas sure

[@jpc7118]

@Franz Robert Maravilla Surcouf* ;)

[@jeremyduncan3654]

USS Constitution can still be sailing US waters... invaluable sailing tool.

[@ulrichkalber9039]

@@jeremyduncan3654 i would not want to risk crossing the atlantic with it, but i hear they want to restore it to seaworthy(!) condition.

[@astrotrek3534]

@@ulrichkalber9039 Well she's plenty seaworthy now, they take out into the bay every year with a big ceremony, she can even sail under her own power. You're right though, I would not want to take her across the Atlantic.

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

I've had the privilege to sail everything from small fishing boats to destroyers but never a ship like that. I'd consider it an honor to sail it across the Atlantic.

[@barnclebill6333]

Thank you for putting this on KZbin.

[@WetaMantis]

Long live French-U.S. friendship!

[@vincentpescus2827]

However it costed the French aristocracy its very own existence for being the main cause of bankruptcy that had triggered the Revolution (according to a substantial number of historians)..

[@gordonsmith8899]

+Vincent Pescus spot on Vincent, a 'feudal' tax system that excluded the nobility and the church placed the total weight of raising revenue on the French 'working class.' Several years of poor harvests prior to 1789 led to widespread famine and directly to revolt and revolution.

[@Tagadarealty]

French have sale their land on American continent... so why help UK which is the eternal ennemy of French ? Better help young USA against their ennemy

[@kieranm8581]

Tagada excuse me, but, what year are you living in?

[@TireekELane]

God bless Marquis De Lafayette's famous French frigate of his arrival for his quest into the American Revolutionary War of Independence. Vice La France! 🇫🇷🗼❤🇺🇸🗽🌈

[@stevencarrier2466]

At 1:15 French ground troops did not just play a major role at the Battle of Yorktown. The battle was fought MAINLY by French troops, with the Americans providing support, not the other way around. But of course, American history books won't tell you that.

[@levoGAMES]

At least they are giving the French some credit, which is not to be taken granted in American history telling x)

[@TOFKAS01]

Not to say that without the french, the american revolution would have been crushed.

[@2headedtasman200]

That's pretty true. I'm pretty sure the Americans were probably tired of starving with no pay so just let the baguette boi’s do the work.

[@davidvincent380]

@@TOFKAS01 Maybe the revolution would have been only postponed... or maybe the colonies would have become another Canada... Who knows ? In any case, the Brits were just too greedy, as always...

[@TOFKAS01]

@@davidvincent380 Nope, they just colected taxes like every gouvernment. Its relatively likely that the 13 colonies would be now today a part of the Commonwealth of nations. But then the whole history of the 20th century would have been different.

[@rag3geCKo]

I'd like to plough through Hermione's south seas...

[@tbkmusic2640]

Oh

[@rinislaboratories1315]

Nice pfp

[@bardblitz1595]

One of the most important ships from U.S. history and its french...

[@moosesnWoop]

We should make more working ships like this - just for the sake of it's intricacies so that we do not lose the knowledge of rigging and building and operations.

[@kurtbjorn]

Greatness... may we never forget or lose our ability to reproduce and sail such magnificent ships.

[@gunner678]

This ship was built and is berthed in my local town, Rochette France...we see her often going in and out of the Charente estuary...quite an accomplishment!

[@anomalyp8584]

I'm so glad to now live knowing that piece is sailing once more. Absolutely stunning designs...the BEST era for ships.

[@machajohn]

you will always remember this as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow

[@KingGeorgeV1914]

Back in the day when ships were things of dreams, transporting people wanting to settle the new world and all its opportunities. We often forget that these ships made the world what it is today strengthening trade and countries connections to each other, the ships of old really are magical and I love that these people are bringing the old styles and building techniques that people use to have. Thank the French,British and other nation too build such wonderful ships.

[@marcteenhc9793]

French navy defeated the British navy in front of Virginia, which allowed Washington (also supported by french troops) to defeat the redcoats on land...and a few years later, when France was at war with England ans asked the US for support, the US delayed any help or decision until the war was over...

[@ChaplainDMK]

5:00 Weird way of explaining it. To my knowledge the Royal Navy had a tradition of creating plans for all the ships they captured, purchased, or otherwise acquired, and luckily the archives have been more or less completely preserved until today. So the National Maritime Museum has an enormous number of ships plans from the UK and all the enemies she fought against.

[@TheLoxapac]

It is a fact that British navy held the French warship for the bests of their times. Even admiral Nelson said that the best navy would have been French ships manned by british crews.

[@ashdav9980]

Beautiful ship, in looks and in the cause of liberty! We Americans are also thankful to the French for our Lady Liberty!

[@vanPoll]

What a living, breathing, sailing artwork... such beauty!

[@123eljacko]

just remember America that if it wasn't for the french you'd still be british

[@123eljacko]

@mcnet and they would have been beaten by themselves no worries

[@robertbrunston5406]

Awesome ship! Thanks for sharing.

[@timothyblackburn6801]

She is beautiful !! As are all the the other Replicas being made these days. This is what a real ship looks like. Beautiful, sexy, elegant, Intimidating, strong, and Most importantly, Made with the hands of true craftsmanship. It's Awesome to see these beautiful ships being build once again, and just as they were in their time. God bless all who sail on her and bring them all great joy and success in life.

[@barsdogukankarakoyun8798]

I've seen two Hermione's so far and both are beautiful.

[@Thatonellama63]

Fantastic looking ship. And it’s interesting how they say it would’ve been easier to make these ships 250 years ago as opposed to now.

[@francinesicard464]

At the time, the original Hermione was built in less than a year. It took 17 years to build the replica, starting with research in the archives. The team turned to the British archives. The Brits who at the time had captured the Concorde, Hermione's sister ship, and still had her plans, then looking for wood, it was necessary to find 1,160 cubic meters of oak (from the Perche forest, former province North East of Rochefort), the best marine wood, to complete the Hermione, the ropes were made in the old tradition, soaked in tar to prevent rotting, etc. The only difference from the original was the equipment of an engine, a generator (obligatory for safety reasons), and toilets. And finally, to learn how to sail this beauty.

[@brunol-p_g8800]

@@francinesicard464 add on top of it that back then the state was paying to build the ships, that hundreds of people were working at one time on the ships as opposed to the Hermione which was built by the association’s volunteers with usually no more than 10-20 people working on it on a day, that they didn’t work on it every day and that it was paid for by donations and the price of the visitors’ tickets to see it’s construction.

[@ArthurMoore-ii8nn]

I prefer this sail boat that left France for a round the world trip: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6Cod2ejotiZpdk

[@Renagade5150]

Fantastic! I think it an incredible endevour to even attempt to build this ship, let alone complete it and sail it. Kudos!

[@tonyjames5444]

The Royal Navy at the time were very fond of well built French ships and went out of their way to aquire them:)

[@jakobfriedrich5117]

I've seen the ship being built and it was very impressive

[@erikpeterson25]

Beautiful ship ....awesome to see 👍

[@josephbooth8431]

What a beautiful ship

[@keithlittlebury2986]

As a human being, this is an incredible achievement and really brings history to life

[@TimoLOVT]

What a beautifull ship. Ships remember me that this world is not only cruel.

[@cant8160]

Timo van Aalst that’s a warship man so it should remember you the word cruel

[@MarcABrown-tt1fp]

Correction: The resurrection of a beautiful long lost ship in a much more peaceful world than before. (Give or take the small conflicts, compared to the major conflicts and calamities of ages past.)

[@MikeJProto]

Anyone else think ships from the 1700's are easily 1000x cooler than modern ships

[@mikebaginy8731]

What a beautiful ship! I photographed two similar ships in Saint Malo when I visited in 2016. A memorable experience.

[@nerforeos675]

Wow, she's beautiful. So much more elegant than today's ships.

[@OurWorldofDanceSport]

How awesome is this! When I have plenty of money once I'll build myself such a ship too!!!

[@TheOttr]

What a gorgeous ship!

[@larrykennedy8867]

She's beautiful!

[@letoubib21]

Yeah, a real beauty! The Frenchmen loved and still love fast ships . . .

[@T3ki1a_]

@@michelvansteenberge7251 fait pas attention il écrit ça partout 🙄

[@2headedtasman200]

Provocateur I can't tell if this a joke, b/c the first part seemed to be, but the last bit was a bit more questionable.

[@2headedtasman200]

Finnish Guy Don't say that. Your just stopping to their level. Just shut them down with facts.

[@szaki]

Uh! What's that at 4:14 in the rear of the ship? Propulsion?

[@ewan8585]

Nope.

[@wattana62]

Hi, Yes, it is an obligation to dock in a modern harbor ; you can't dock with sails. It's international rules for navigation.

[@MasterLapin]

It's illegal to dock in a modern harbor with sails

[@oddballsok]

secret french weapon of the 1700s !

[@peterott8053]

I'll call elon musk. He's got some bigger thrusters.. would make her fly over the pond!

[@IceDaemon]

Beautiful ship she is.

[@mcdonalds32ouncesoda53]

Ice Daemon she is

[@groundhog678]

British colonies: Hey I've seen this one, it's a classic

[@Pasovineyard]

Just love these tall ships. Really cool.

[@johnny12895]

Will forever respect the french for there efforts during the revolutionary war, as well as the statue of liberty!

[@bramvaessen1576]

This looks like fun and should be done more often

[@torstenbohme862]

What a beauty. Wish i could see her myself. Awesome.

[@user-pq3sm6xs5w]

Edward Kenway might have some eye to this magnificent ship ; )

[@markdanieludtohan3067]

Nah, the jackdaw is good enough. Haha

[@theassassin6442]

@@markdanieludtohan3067 The Jackdaw alone can sink a level 60 man o war

[@Subbie-the-1st]

what a beauty she is!

[@riverman33]

Fantastic ship.

[@pjmac550355]

I was a deckhand on the tall ship Clipper City. We sailed Alongside Le’Hermiond on the 4th of July Flotilla. Sick experience

[@gobanito]

Nothing like scurvy, salt pork and hard tack.

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

FANTASTIC !

[@alainvauvert3911]

Ce petit documentaire montre les plus belles images de l'hermionne sous toute ses voiles..Et on le doit a nos plus terribles ennemis de l'époque. Les anglais ont également un beau musée maritime a greenwish et surtout à Hartlepool Porsmouth , mais rien qui navigue comme notre frégate. Dommage qu'on ne puisse pas voir le cutty starck , le warrior, et le hms victory faire des apparitions en mer.

[@1teamski]

Beautiful!

[@ericmowrey6872]

Beautiful ship. CBS could have honored her more by getting someone to pronounce her name properly, as in Lerr-mee-own; instead of hermommy or however he was butchering it.

[@SuperDougiedoo]

Beautiful ship from a proud nation. Yes I am. British, no I am not being sarcastic. I wish that we had something similar. HMS Victory is far too precious to the country and HMS Warrior is basically the size of an aircraft carrier.

[@Maritimesgestein]

That Warrior is as long as a aircraftcarrier is not really correct. (HMS Warrior is 127m and the Queen Elizabeth class aircraftcarrier is 280m long.)

[@Andrew-yl7lm]

Well the previous illustrious class carriers were only 200m or so, so I get his point.

[@Stopsign32v]

This is literally the coolest thing I have seen in I don't know how long. Only thing that would make it better is if it were Queen Anne's Revenge.

[@cathalfolan8441]

Part of that wreck has been found is being raised in bits and pieces. Maybe someone will rebuild it like this.

[@conanthedestroyer7123]

What a beautiful ship!!!

[@5thtimeaccountdeleted.206]

It would be nice to have a replica of HMS Victory put on the waves, then she could dance with Hermione and it would be like beauty and the beast.

[@stephen10.]

the youngs american and french will can make a training on this ship ! it would be a good experience for the both

[@Jiskpirate]

Now I want a battle between the Shtandart, Gothenburg, the HMS Rose/Surprise, USS Constitution and the Hermione!

[@mauricedesaxe1745]

+Jisk van der Veen Aye! I would love to see the Connie sail again.

[@Jiskpirate]

Will she?

[@mauricedesaxe1745]

Jisk van der Veen I think so; they're still bothering to replace all of her copper plating, and her present state in drydock isn't supposed to be permanent.

[@Jiskpirate]

Jay Rohwer Let's hope she won't end up as the Victory; A beautiful vessel but a shame that she can't float anymore.

[@lumia_dayZ]

you forgot the man o war it will end them all

[@NardoVogt]

Saw that ship when I was a kid in the berth. Very impressive.

[@bulgingbattery2050]

A beautiful ship!

[@olbradley]

Watch as they sneak into New Orleans while no one is watching.

[@fadlya.rahman4113]

French build the best ships while British trained the best sailor.

[@ohpatriote5622]

fadly A. Rahman nowadays best sailors are french and a lot of peoples in the world are building good ships

[@jeanvaljean9293]

not really French ship were fast, British strong. but the real difference was the standardisation and logistics. the brits had a clear advantage, France had to maintain a strong land military at the same time

[@Timbobjr]

fadly A. Rahman John Paul Jones was indeed a great British sailor

[@WillatHastings]

It depends how the ships were built. The French and British built good ships, along with the Spanish. The French built for speed and manoeuvrability. The British built large powerful vessels, but they were slow and lumbering. Each side’s ships paid contributions towards their own country. The Spanish had their own specifics, the Dutch did, the French did, the British did and the US did. Each to their own

[@chrishansen456]

And the Spanish built the best

[@AristonSparta]

Historian in me: This is so freakin awesome to see!!!

[@ctripps1224]

How fast can this war ship travel?

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

-"Imagine how this was, Will... no engines, no computers, .... just the wind, the ocean, and the stars to guide you." -"Bad food, brutal discipline..... no women.... "

[@prigual2901]

imagine going around the world

[@DreadX10]

And in this case: "Everybody around you only speaking French...without the presence of the universal translator. "

[@DC-zn6oo]

Imagine being in the ocean, middle of nowhere and spotting this ship coming at you

[@beckbrook605]

[ epic Pirates of the Carribean music playing in the distance ]

[@DreadX10]

And here's me wondering how she would look on a radar-screen showing raw data.

[@mgn5667]

lol

[@propjam2]

i think its just great. Even the building of the ship. I think Its very healthy as a society to revise old building techniques. Even though the knowledge is outdated. You'll never know where it'll be needed.

[@carteradams43]

you should also check out the "Constitution", an American wooden frigate that still is technically in the navy today, and is still maintained by a crew and dockworkers

[@ericshutter5305]

Beautiful little frigate ... 32 canons/fifth rate ... fast and nimble.

[@gazof-the-north5708]

Sailing ships were engineering marvels.

[@Aleksssssssss]

Beautiful!!

[@chrismarusic4277]

There are volumes of information to learn about tall ships . All the thousands of parts Is mind boggling. Making them work in yunison is short of a miracle... awsome to behold..

[@phillippie9737]

I’m sure George Washington gave twenty points to Griffindore when he saw it

[@lawneymalbrough4309]

Seems like a good idea to me. We should remember history as it happened. If I were younger I might even be willing to sign up for mission like that. Sounds like it was quite an adventure!

[@hgsert2733]

I remember the first piece of wood in this project 15 years ago. I never beleaved it would be done one day.

[@Geezbnme]

What a beauty amazing tech of the time

[@CT-6210]

She's drop-dead gorgeous, even 200+ years later! We love you, France! :D

[@minddude1673]

imagine a sail ship more expensive than the titanic...

[@hackbretthb2043]

The titanics cost adjusted for inflation would be around 140 million USD. Thats actually more than this sail ship^^

[@aucourant9998]

A beautiful ship.

[@thesluggyserpentgaming007]

Imagine taking a cruise on your new speedboat you just bought and then you find A BIG HUGE SHIP THAT IS FROM THE 1700 - 1800's.

[@8-bitworldwonder787]

Oh shite, watch out americans, they want Lousiana back (and I mean the Colony not the State)!

[@thibaudduhamel2581]

Nah we'll be fair and buy it back for the price we sold it :P

[@mistertwister2000]

Let them try to get past all the drug addicts, hicks, and gators

[@9965paul]

8-Bit Worldwonder yes we get what you meant.

[@demanischaffer]

8-Bit Worldwonder No takebacks allowed

[@dvorak2676]

haha Thibaud, nice one ^^ truly such a shame we sold it

[@SantiagoTelcontar]

One of my dreams is sail in one of this ships

[@daluthgamer4383]

SantiagoTelcontar i want to sail a spanish galleon tho this ship will work

[@integrationofmanandmachine4714]

Very impressive, I sure would love to take place in the crew too.

[@JR-bj3uf]

Without the French fleet there would have been no victory at Yorktown. The French gave their lives to the American cause or at least to beat the British.