We toured the French Navy ship Mistral today. Wow - she's very big, and very cool. She dwarfs the Africa Mercy, as you can see: below, Anna and Noah from the Africa Mercy's top deck:
Below, inside the ship's submersible deck, with two landing craft just returning from exercising.
Below, inside the massive hanger deck complete with two helicopters:
...where over 1000 French nationals slept whilst being evacuated from the Lebanon in 2006 during the Israeli bombings:
Below, our tiny little ship:
Below, our kids on the flight deck, where 6 helicopters can land and take off simultaneously.
A very comprehensive tour! Thank you, French Navy! Olly
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