French frigate Hermione (2014)

	2014 September 17th, Hermione replica comes off the Charente river and reaches open sea for the first time.
History
France
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: 26 × 12-pounder long guns main battery; 6 × 6-pounder guns on the galliards;

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.

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