Waiting For Work
10 August 2015 | Rochefort
DavidH Quite rainy and some thunder
The dry docks in Rochefort were built in Napoleonic times to construct his warships. The original Hermione (la Fayette's flagship) was built here. They have been lovingly restored in order to build and maintain the new Hermione but now she has sailed they lie empty and echoing ; a sad sight.
As a shipbuilder it hurts me to see the empty dock. Surely it must be possible to find work for this excellent facility, especially given the expertise that it attracted in building and outfitting the exquisitely constructed Hermione.