![]() 2014 September 17th, Hermione replica comes off the Charente river and reaches open sea for the first time.
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Name | Hermione |
Ordered | 1995 |
Builder | Asselin at Rochefort |
Laid down | 1997 |
Launched | 6 July 2012 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Concorde-class 12-pounder frigate |
Displacement | 1,166 tons |
Length | 65 m (213 ft) |
Beam | 11.24 m (36.9 ft) |
Height | 54 m (177 ft) |
Draught | 5.78 m (19.0 ft) |
Propulsion | Sails, auxiliary engine |
Sail plan | full-rigged ship |
Complement | 72 |
Armament | 32 (non-functional replica) guns:[1]
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Hermione is a 32-gun Concorde-class frigate fitted for 12-pounder guns, completed in Rochefort by the Asselin organisation in 2014. It is a reproduction of the 1779 Hermione, which achieved fame by ferrying General La Fayette to the United States in 1780 to allow him to rejoin the American side in the American Revolutionary War.