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BELLE POULE
model
The Belle Poule was a 60-gun frigate of the French Navy,
famous for bringing the remains of Napoléon from
Saint Helena back to France in what became known
as the Retour des cendres. On July 27th
1840, she was painted black and set sail for
Saint Helena. Belle Poule brought back the
coffin to Cherbourg where it was transferred onto the
steamship Normandie and brought back to Paris along the
Seine for a final resting place in the Invalides.
The Belle Poule model was launched in 1834. She was
the first ship built in a covered
shipyard. She displayed very good sailing properties. The word belle is "beautiful", while poule is a
reference to her name--Paule, but also means
"chick", which in French, as it was later
adopted in English, can refer to a young girl.
Belle Poule was given to Prince de Joinville,
son of king Louis-Philippe I, and sent in 1839 to Smyrna
to join the fleet of admiral Lalande who stood ready to
intervene in Eastern Mediterranean affairs.
From 1841
to 1843, Belle Poule model was used on diplomatic missions by
the Prince. As such she sailed to Amsterdam, Quebec,
Halifax, New-York, Philadelphia, Washington, and Lisbon.
In 1843, the frigate took him to Rio de Janeiro to wed
the daughter of the Brazilian Emperor.
In 1844,
she was sent to Morocco to support the action of General
Bugeaud in Algeria. In 1854, she transported munitions
during the Crimean war. In 1859, she was used in Genoa
as a powder store. Her career finally ended in 1861 and
she was scrapped in 1884.
Her name
was derived from “la belle Paule” as was known Paule de
Viguier, Baroness of Fonterville famous for her
exquisite beauty.
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About the
Belle Poule
model (not a kit):
- Built from scratch
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Plank-on-frame
construction
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Copper-plated bottom:
individual copper pieces (no shiny copper paint, no fake lines.)
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Blackened metal cannons and wooden carriage.
Under the main deck, all guns are "real" guns which
have proper barrels and wooden carriages which sit on 2
real decks under the main deck. These
guns are not simple barrels inserted into a solid hull
like in a cheap model.
- Authentic Extensive rigging system comprised of many
different sizes of rope and features numerous blocks and
deadeyes.
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We build this model the
following size: 39" long ($4,950) and 27" long
($3,490).
Please click here for
lead time.
Learn more about the Belle
Poule model here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Belle_Poule_(1765)
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