French schooner Belle Poule

Belle Poule is a French Navy schooner in service as a training vessel, and the fourth ship of that name in the French Navy. She was built in 1932 as a replica of a cod fishing vessel used off Iceland, as a training ship of the students of the École navale. During the Second World War, Belle Poule sailed to the United Kingdom after the Fall of France and was used by the Free French Naval Forces, returning to Brest in 1945. The schooner as well as her sister ship Étoile are still used by the École Navale as training ships in European waters.

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Belle Poule.
Belle Poule in 2003
History
France
NameBelle Poule
Laid downlate July 1931
Launched8 February 1932
Identification
  • Pennant number A 650
  • MMSI number: 228796000
  • Callsign: FBPU
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
TypeSchooner
Displacement279 t (275 long tons)
Length37.5 m (123 ft 0 in)
Beam7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Draught3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
  • 450 m2 (4,800 sq ft) sails
  • 1 × 213 kW (285 hp) Baudouin DNP 8 diesel engine
Speed9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) on diesel
Complement
  • 30 student officers
  • 5 petty officers
  • 12 seamen
  • 3 officers
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