Ship is a recreation of French navy frigate that shipped General ... of recreating the three-masted vessel using only eighteenth-century shipbuilding techniques. “It is an important step to ...

a spanking 18th Century frigate, fitted out and ready for adventure. This is the Hermione, faithful replica of the original French ship of that name, and the fruit of 20 years' devotion ...

Once aboard, he quickly mastered climbing the rigging ... of French sailors, while another recounts life aboard ship then and now. He is also giving a presentation on 18th-century French marines ...

MICHAEL TSAI / MTSAI@STARADVERTISER.COM Wearing magnifying glasses, Leroy Laney examines his model of the Royal Louis, an 18th-century French ... intricate rigging on most of the ships would ...

An undersea exploration crew believes it has found the wreck of an 18th-century French ship that sank off the ... water show what appear to be cannons, rigging, a rudder, cannonballs, spikes ...

The archivist gave him permission to open the letters, all addressed to 18th-century French sailors ... and the British went on to seize hundreds of French ships at sea. According to Morieux ...

The 65-meter (210 feet) ship is due to set sail for the United States in April 2015, following the route from Rochefort to Boston made by French General Gilbert du Motier -- the Marquis de ...