Hermione is a 32-gun Concorde-class frigate fitted for 12-pounder guns, completed at Rochefort by the Asselin organisation in 2014. It is a reproduction of the 1779 Hermione, which achieved fame by fe
On 17 September 2014, the replica Hermione arrives at the mouth of the Charente River and reaches open sea for the first time.
Hermione welcomed in US waters by USS Mitscher
French replica light frigate Hermione at New York South Street Seaport Pier 15, 1 July 2015
April 2009: the bulwarks have been painted, the Officers' ladder is in its place.
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Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, known in the United States as Lafayette, was a French military officer and politician who volunteered to join the Continental Army
French frigate Hermione (2014)
…guns, completed at 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. This project was conceived by members of the…
Lafayette's birthplace in Chavaniac, Auvergne
Lafayette's wife, Marie Adrienne Francoise
Statue of Lafayette in front of the Governor Palace in Metz, where he decided to join the American cause.
1879 Alonzo Chappel print of Lafayette (center) being introduced by Baron Johann de Kalb (left) to Silas Deane