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7th March 2020

Visit of French Frigate to Cork Harbour Includes Charity Event At Naval Base

French frigate FASM Latouche-Tréville visits Cork Harbour, where female crew joined in a local charity event at the Naval Base opposite Cobh as pictured above.

Female crew from a French Navy (Marine Nationale) frigate visiting Cobh, Cork Harbour joined the Naval Service Women’s Network as guests for a charity event, writes Jehan Ashmore.

The event to in aid of the 'Denim Day 4 Dementia' took place at the Naval Service base on Haulbowline Island opposite of where the frigate FASM Latouche-Tréville was berthed at Cobh's Deepwater Quay.

The charity gathering took place in advance of tomorrow's International Women's Day 2020.

FASM Latouche-Tréville is one trio of F70 A SM type anti-submarine destroyers, which the French Navy instead classify as a frigate.

Equipped with Excocet surface to air missiles, the frigate commissioned in 1990 has a heli-deck and hanger that can handle two Lynx helicopters.

The frigate has a crew total of 244.

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RNLI and Search and Recovery Unit to Benefit from Concert

#Event: Phelim Drew and friends will hold a charity concert in Dublin on Sunday, October 6^th, for the RNLI and the Irish Underwater Search and Recovery Unit. The All In a Row event will be held in St Patrick’s Church, Ringsend Village. The cost of a ticket is €10, with all the funds raised pledged to the charities.

Published in Coastal Rowing

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