To the glory of the Free French Merchant Navy

The wave does not destroy granite.

You, the sailors of the France libre what does for France in continuing the struggle,

against all odds, in the greatest drama of our nothing,

neither time, nor passions, will ever erase it.

I salute you, my comrades.
C. De Gaulle

From this quay, several dozen young men, including students from the école d'hydrographie de Paimpol, refusing to submit to the law of the invader, reached England 

then the Free French Naval Forces  on June 18, 1940 on the pilot boat Albert Farouk, on June 19, 1940 on the yacht Manou and the pilot boat Georges Leverdier , all three, ships of the French Fleet of Liberty. 

Fondation de la France Libre Délégation au souvenir des Marins 

Contribution and photo credit: Jacques Grasset

The wave does not destroy granite.You, the sailors of the France libre what does for France in continuing the struggle,against all odds, in the greatest drama of our nothing,neither time, nor passions, will ever erase it.I salute you, my comrades.C. De GaulleFrom this quay, several dozen young men, including students from the école d'hydrographie de Paimpol, refusing to submit to the law of the invader, reached England then the Free French Naval Forces on June 18, 1940 on the pilot boat Albert Farouk, on June 19, 1940 on the yacht Manou and the pilot boat Georges Leverdier , all three, ships of the French Fleet of Liberty. Fondation de la France Libre Délégation au souvenir des Marins Contribution and photo credit: Jacques Grasset