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    Molène (redirect from Île-Molène)
    Molène), a group of about 20 islands in the Ponant Isles. an archipelago of twenty islands. It is the seat of Île-Molène, a commune in Saint-Renan Canton...
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    include: Carnival Cruise Line Celebrity Cruises Club Cruises Compagnie Des Iles Du Ponant Costa Cruise Line Crystal Cruises Festival Cruises Fred Olsen & Co Hanseatic...
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    "American Express" (Proto) 32d 08h 10m 1981 Overall Jacques Peignon "Iles du Ponant" Berret (Proto) 32d 20h 22m 1983 Overall Stéphane Poughon "Voiles Cudennec"...
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    Sourdis ( disembarking at Oristano, preapprehension of the îles de Lérins (French: reprise des îles de Lérins), Battle of Getaria, Siege of Fuenterrabía (1638)...
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    Somali pirates, and recovery of part of the ransom, after ensuring that Le Ponant luxury yacht hostages were freed off the coast of Puntland, Somalia in the...
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  • Étienne-François de Choiseul, minister of Louis XV Île du Roland, from the Rolland, ship of the second expedition Îles de Boynes, named after the Marquis de Boynes...
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    from Pointe Saint-Mathieu and keeping south of Ushant (Ouessant) and the Ponant Islands. From the 19th century, the term Iroise encompassed all the sea...
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  • général of the navy. In 1756 he received the rank of vice-admiral of the Ponant (roughly, the Atlantic fleet). In 1758, King Louis XV made him a Marshal...
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    Duchy of Brittany eventually constituted the nucleus of the royal Flotte du Ponant, which projected French naval power across the Atlantic and the Americas...
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  • The tallest structure in the City of Paris and the Île-de-France remains the Eiffel Tower in the 7th arrondissement, 330 meters high, completed in 1889...
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  • Compagnie méridionale de navigation Le Levant, in 1999 for Compagnie du Ponant Celebrity Millennium, in 2000 for Celebrity Cruises Mistral, in 1999 for...
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    refit. In 1773, Bretagne was listed as serving in the Brest Brigade of the Ponant Division of the Navy. However, her state was deteriorating, and harbour...
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  • This policy was put into practice from 1631, with the creation of the Ponant fleet in the Atlantic and the Levant fleet in the Mediterranean, the foundation...
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    ... 2007 14 BPE Trophy Belle-Ile-en-Mer / Marie-Galante in Guadeloupe Bénéteau Figaro 2 "Aquarelle.com" 2005 12 Ponant Road 2005 28 Solitaire Afflelou...
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    and shipping company CMA CGM Le Lapérouse, lead ship of the Compagnie du Ponant's Explorer class of cruise ships The fate of Lapérouse, his ships and his...
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    May 2016 until March 2017 was subchartered to French tour operator Rivages du Monde. Since 2016, Astoria is the last remaining vessel of the former Swedish...
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    seigneur de Monfreville, lieutenant général, vice-amiral of the Flotte du Ponant. Louis-Dominique de Cambis, marquis de Cambis-Velleron, lieutenant général...
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  • pirates, who demanded the release of six pirates captured in the April MY Le Ponant raid and over one million dollars in ransom. On September 16, 2008, on the...
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    flagships of the two Fleets – the Flotte du Levant (on the Mediterranean coast of France) and the Flotte du Ponant (on the Atlantic and Channel coasts)....
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    besiege Fuenterrabía, supported by elements of the newly created Flotte du Ponant, or Atlantic squadron, commanded by Henri de Sourdis. At the same time...
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