French schooner Étoile
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For other ships with the same name, see French ship Étoile.
Étoile ("star") is a French naval schooner used as a training vessel. 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.[1] During the Second World War, Étoile 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 Belle Poule are still used by the École Navale as training ships in European waters.
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Name | Étoile |
Namesake | "star" |
Launched | 1932 |
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Status | In active service |
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Type | Schooner |
Displacement | 225 tonnes |
Length | 37.50 m (123 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 7.40 m (24 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 3.65 m (12 ft 0 in) |
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