Rouen Armada: Sailing ship festival set to buoy northern French city The 10-day extravaganza will include more than 40 ships taking part in a special maritime parade
Fungus attack repairs on historic French ship need further €6.5million Fundraising has started to save a replica of the 18th-century frigate L’Hermione that fought the British in the American War of Independence
Le Havre and Dunkirk to host 2025 Tall Ships Races World’s most spectacular sailing event to start from Le Havre amidst a fanfare of nautical festivity Irish film festival celebrates French cinema with historic French ship Marseille mayor in row over giant ‘polluting’ cruise ships Ferry updates: P&O still suspended, arrive early for Calais-Dover
France’s historic upturned boat houses offer clue to Dickens mystery On the country’s north coast lies a cluster of upside-down boats converted into dwellings. Could they explain a confusing quirk in the classic tale of David Copperfield?
Good news on ferries, new air routes: eight France travel updates We also cover plans for a ‘hotel on wheels’ night train service linking Paris to Venice, Nice and Barcelona and how France is welcoming Ukrainians in stations
War in Ukraine: Russian oligarch’s €120m yacht seized in French port Customs officers took possession of the vessel in La Ciotat near Marseille where it was undergoing repairs. It was said to be preparing to set sail urgently with the repairs incomplete
Video: watch the world's biggest cruise ship arrive at Marseille The Wonder of the Seas will undergo the finishing touches of its construction at a shipyard in the city before being put into service in March 2022
Brittany Ferries reduces autumn Plymouth to Roscoff services The company’s Armorique ship, which usually sails this route, will be redirected onto the Portsmouth to St Malo route
France should ‘let UK deal with migrants’ in Navy ship row A French MP has said France should stop all controls on migrants, in retaliation to the UK’s plans to deploy Royal Navy ships to patrol French fishing boats
World-beating French boat firm kept afloat by R&D cash Boat building is a fickle business, but it is one in which France now leads the way.
Dream coming true to build France’s Sun King’s warship A reconstruction of a wooden warship from Sun King Louis XIV’s navy is taking shape on the Channel coast - slowly and very authentically
Replica Hermione passes original's final resting place Original frigate ran aground off the coast near Le Croisic, Loire Atlantique, on September 20, 1793.
New cars will cross the Atlantic by sailing ships A project to bring back sailing ships received a boost when car manufacturer Renault signed a deal for hundreds of new cars and vans to be carried by them across the Atlantic. French retiree crosses Atlantic in a tiny barrel Hermione’s new crew heads for the Channel Veteran crossing the Atlantic... in a barrel
Historic ship Hermione confirms more details for 2019 The 'Normandie Liberté' tour of the historic ship will begin in May 2019, after successful tours in the Americas and the Mediterranean in 2015 and 2018. Rowing coach’s electric boat cleans water as it moves France grants refugee status to 42 Aquarius migrants French navy ship festival celebrates 30 historic years World cruise plan for French ship Hermione Hermione ready for trip to the Med
Historic Hermione sets sail on Mediterranean voyage L'Hermione, the replica of the frigate that carried Lafayette to America in 1780, has set sail on a voyage around the French and Iberian coast, with tickets available to buy to visit her.
French sailor departs on solo world record attempt The international sailor from Charentes, François Gabart, has this weekend set off on a solo circumnavigation of the world, which he hopes will take him under 49 days and 3 hours.
Toulouse start-up tests massive ship sail prototype A start-up company based in Toulouse is developing the prototype for a gigantic parachute-style sail that could help large ships reduce their fuel consumption by up to 20%.
France’s “billionaire” yachting industry in crisis The luxury yachting business in France is in crisis, according to an open letter written by local officials to President Macron this week.
Dunkirk ‘little ship’ reborn as restaurant One of the ‘little ships’ that took part in the Second World War Dunkirk evacuation that saved nearly 340,000 Allied troops from the Germans has been given a new life, as a floating restaurant in the Channel port’s harbour.
French navy ship flies pirate Jolly Roger flag One of the French navy’s ships flies the Jolly Roger...
'Mayday' emergency call originated from m'aidez English may be the international language of travel and aviation but did you know that the key emergency words are French in origin?
Will Hermione pass near you in 2018? Route will include 11 stopovers at various ports in another epic journey