Stopover in Saint-Malo and Fêtes Maritimes de Brest in 2016
L'Hermione will not leave its home port of Rochefort until June 4, 2016, when it will sail to La Rochelle and the port of La Pallice for refit operations. The engines of 2 e generation. She will extend her stay in La Rochelle by tests at the quay and at sea, before taking to the sea again until the beginning of July, for a short offshore sailing.
From 1 er the frigate will be in Saint-Malo and its famous ramparts for a one-week stopover. Moored in the Vauban basin, she will be open to visitors. Then she will sail along the coast before entering the harbor of Brest on July 12, 2016 for the International Maritime Festivals, until July 18. Guest of honor of this great gathering of traditional sailboats, she will also participate in the great naval parade between Brest and Douarnenez (commanded by Yann Cariou), before joining Rochefort on July 23.
One big trip in 2018, but two options
The Hermione will set sail again for a grand voyage, similar to the one undertaken in the United States, from April to August 2015. But for the moment, no destination has been decided. Two options are being considered. The first would be a Mediterranean circuit and the second an Atlantic/Caribbean/US circuit.
Mediterranean circuit: Sète, Toulon, Marseille and Saint-Tropez have requested the frigate's visit to their ports. Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Italy have ports concerned by the historical dimension of the Hermione's visit.
Atlantic/Caribbean/Florida/Louisiana circuit: L'Hermione has been officially invited to participate in the celebrations of the tercentenary of the creation of New Orleans. This program could include stopovers in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Dakar, which have already established contacts for the arrival of the Hermione, but also in the French West Indies as well as in Cuba and Haiti, in keeping with La Fayette's commitment to freedom and his fight for human rights and the abolition of slavery.
