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Belle Poule |
'La
Belle Poule' was a frigate, i.e., a three masts square-rigged
war vessel intermediate between a corvette and a destroyer,
which originally sailed as one of the vessels of the French
Royal Navy. 'Cest un nom curieux pour un voilier', but it
was the third war ship of the French Navy with that name (which
is a metaphor of the whims and charms sailors can find in
the waves and the wind). It was built in 1834, and in 1840
she brought back the ashes of the Emperor Napoleon I from
Sainte Hélène to France under the command of the Prince de
Joinville. It was later assigned to freight and passenger
transportation.
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'La
Belle Poule' 2.80 x 1.80 m painted by Eduardo De Martino (1842-1912).
Museo Imperial de Petrópolis, Brazil (detail). In: Coghlan,
Eduardo A., 'El Aporte de los Irlandeses a la Formación de la
Nación Argentina' (Buenos Aires, 1982), p. i. (detail). |
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St.
Helena Maritime Heritage. Set of stamps issued 1990 (the 150th
Anniversary of the transport of Napoleon's remains in 'La Belle
Poule'). |
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