French Navy Says: Encore de Brooklyn

By on April 22, 2009 10:24 am in Maritime

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Setting out on my walk this morning, I saw from the Promenade a warship docked at Pier 7, near the foot of Atlantic Avenue. The Tricolor flying from the jackstaff at her stern and “D620″ on her bow identify her as the frigate Forbin of the Marine Nationale. Perhaps the crew of the Monge, which visited here last November, recommended to their compatriots on Forbin the joys of playing bocce at Floyd.

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7 Responses to French Navy Says: Encore de Brooklyn

  1. my2cents April 22, 2009 at 2:06 pm #

    At least the heights is temporarily safe from Somali Pirates.

  2. CJP April 22, 2009 at 10:25 pm #

    When I saw the picture I was racking my brain about a wise-ass remark to post. My2Cents came up with a good one!

  3. Claude Scales April 22, 2009 at 10:58 pm #

    You can usually count on m2c for that.

  4. John Wentling April 23, 2009 at 1:36 pm #

    Helped us cast off one imperial, tyrannical government, why not the current one?

    How’s that for a wise-ass remark? ;)

  5. Claude Scales April 23, 2009 at 2:12 pm #

    JW: I’d say it’s a few months late.

  6. nabeguy April 23, 2009 at 2:35 pm #

    Claude, after a few rounds of bocce and beer at Floyd, I challenge you to say frigate Forbin 3 times fast without laughing.

  7. Claude Scales April 23, 2009 at 8:17 pm #

    Nabeguy: You’re on. Afterwards, we’ll liven things up by singing “Frigate Matilda” from Firesign Theater’s The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra.