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After a first vote the French, the monument that represents Normandy for this election has been unveiled: it is the transatlantic ferry terminal and the Le Redoutable submarine from Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.
Normandy mobilizes for the transatlantic station and the Redoutable
The second part of the vote takes place from Thursday June 30 at 9 a.m. until Friday July 22 at 11:59 p.m.. It’s up to you ! Vote for the monument who defends the colors of the Normandy !
To vote :
- on the France TV website and youyou can vote unlimitedly for your favorite monument.
- by SMS to 3245 by typing the number of your favorite monument (10 = the transatlantic ferry terminal and the Redoutable) €0.80 + price of a call.
Le Redoutable nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine
Do you know the story of Le Redoutable? Jean-René Lelias is a former submariner. He worked on the construction and testing of the submarine. He tells us how the Redoutable was built. “For the Redoutable, we started from scratch.“
The history of submarines begins in 54, with the construction of the Nautilus by the Americans. “Nautilus was a reactor with a submarine around it, I would say, rather experimental.“Then the Soviet Union, then the English with the help of the United States also built them. And France decided to also build a submarine.
It will be necessary to build Pierrelatte then L’île longue, while following the evolution of nuclear weapons. “At first it was a submarine with a reactor, torpedoes and little by little we put missiles, missiles on board with nuclear bombs.” In 1967 the Redoutable went through her trials, she finished her construction, went through her trials, was admitted to active service in 71, sailed for 20 years and made 58 patrols before being decommissioned and installed in the City of the Sea to become a museum.