A farewell to arms

A farewell to arms was created by Nikita

Le cimetière des bateaux (The cemetery of boats) by K'vell

Since 30 years he was in harbour. Together with the Rhône, at the entrance of the port of Lorient, he served as breakwater and additionally as perch for the sea birds. Born left bank in 1951 at the time of the DCAN shipyards, disarmed in 1982, the destroyer escort Bouvet is going to leave Lorient on May 5th, to join a demolition site, somewhere in Europe, "according to the European regulations", specifies the French Navy. Maybe we shall keep his patches «Honneur et Patrie» and «Valeur et Discipline», to remember there…

Time goes by… So long, old hull…

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1) and 2) : Ouest-France
3) Nikita

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Replied by Nikita on topic Re: A farewell to arms

Well Snow, i don't think so. You know, here, grey boats and black boats never mixed. Old navy traditions...

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Replied by Nikita on topic Re: A farewell to arms

And here's the reason why...

"There are only 2 kinds of ships, submarines and targets."

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Replied by snowman on topic Re: A farewell to arms

Awesome

Btw, how much for Bouvet? I guess Romania will buy it since
we don't have any We would call it Barracuda or Barbie

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Replied by Nikita on topic Re: A farewell to arms

3750 tons... What's the price of the scrap iron...?

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