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France | |
Name: | Étoile |
Namesake: | "star" |
Launched: | 1932 |
Identification: | A 649 |
Status: | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Schooner |
Displacement: | 225 tonnes |
Length: | 37.50 m (123.0 ft) |
Beam: | 7.40 m (24.3 ft) |
Draught: | 3.65 m (12.0 ft) |
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Étoile ("star") is a French naval schooner used as a training vessel.
She was launched on 8 February 1932. She is a replica of a type of fishing vessel which was used until 1935 off Iceland. She has a sister ship, Belle Poule.
Both Étoile and Belle Poule joined the Free French Forces during the Second World War, a deed for which they are still honoured by flying the French flag with the cross of Lorraine.