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On Sunday, July 20th, 2008, a few moments after the departure of the Transat race Quebec Saint-Malo, the Belem ship, which had come to greet Quebec for its anniversary, started releasing its mooring ropes and gently went away from the quay, under the look and applauses of a touched crowd.

And to last the pleasure a little more, Belem performed a loop and a second passage, under sail, in front of the quay it had just left (previous image).

Belem is the oldest French three-masted ship and one of the oldest sailing ships sailing in the world. Built in 1896, it was a merchant ship and transported Brazilian cocoa to France. It owes its name to Belém do Pará, city of the north of Brazil, the port where it used to accost for the cargo (see history on official website).

Currently, it is a training ship, classified historic monument.

On this picture, in detail, tourists visiting the ship before the departure.
On this other image, a poster on the quay telling a little of the history of this memorable ship.

Workshop: the ship the day before.

About the main post: the sky was not very beautiful, so I converted in B&W, keeping flags and the photographer in colour.

Official website of the three-masted ship Belem

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