High seas salvage tug Abeille Flandre in very bad weather - Iroise Sea - Mer d'Iroise
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Uploaded by schirello on Aug 7, 2009
High seas salvage tug Abeille Flandre in very bad weather - Iroise Sea - Mer d'Iroise
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abeille_Flandre
The Abeille Flandre is a high sea tug of the French Navy. She is the property of the French private company Abeilles International, and had been operated by the French Navy since December 1979.
She had previously been based in Brest, where she assisted traffic off the coast of Bretagne. The Abeille Flandre could set out with a 20-minute warning, or whenever winds in excess of 25 knots (46 km/h) were recorded in Ouessant. She was replaced at this station in April 2005 by the more powerful, 80-metre Abeille Bourbon. The Abeille Flandre is now based in Toulon on the Mediterranean.
French rescue tugs on government contracts operate under orders of the préfet maritime. If the salvage is successful, the French state earns half the value of the salvaged cargo. When the vessels are not required for government service, operators of can request of the préfet that they be released to perform private salvage and rescue missions. Rates for private salvages are negotiated on a case-by-case basis. Fees are never charged to rescue people.
The Abeille Flandre is famous and popular in France for her role after the sinkings of the Erika and the Ievoli Sun. Hervé Hamon wrote an homage in his book L'Abeille d'Ouessant.
Abeille Flandre sports the angled blue-white-red stripes of the ships of the public services at sea on her sides.
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2;00 "Jument" light ; there are very strong tide flows in this "Fromveur" passage
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music killed me
bon boulot les gars de l'Abeille Bourbon!
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great music and video
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Roughly translated "Abeille Flandre" is The Flanders Bee....or The Flemish Bee...anyone want to correct and put my mind at rest. Been trying to figure out what her English name is.
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why the stupid music,,,,,,,????
8 months ago 5
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that scow is poorly designed. what are those? 3 ft rollers?
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I am impressed by video ... but not this music )))
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@YaterSpoon86 sarcasm :)
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is ti just me or does anyone else have the overwhelming urge to tie themselves in a full set of waterproofs to the pole at the front and just go a bit mental for a while? XD
9 months ago 2
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Really..do you have to have such gay fuckin music to such a great video
morace250 1 year ago 14
Hate the music, but nice ship...
CoheedVal 1 year ago 9