07 March 2014

La Fête du Citron - Jacques Cousteau's submarine


This famous submarine was exhibited, alongside the oranges and lemons at Menton's Fete du Citron. 'Anorep 1' was the first submarine, used in 1966, by the celebrated marine explorer, Commander Jacques Cousteau. It is normally exhibited outside the Oceanographic Museum in Monaco.

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Ce célèbre sous-marin a été exposé, à côté des oranges et des citrons à la Fête du Citron de Menton. « Anorep ' a été le premier sous-marin utilisé en 1966 par le commandant Jacques-Yves Cousteau, illustre  explorateur marin. Habituellement, il se voit à l'extérieur du Musée océanographique de Monaco.

7 comments:

  1. It seems the Beatles stole his style. http://rocksucker.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Yellow+Submarine.gif

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  2. Ringo paid a visit to the Yellow last September !

    http://media.rtl.fr/online/image/2013/0925/7764793645_ringo-starr-et-sa-femme-devant-un-yellow-submarine-a-monaco-le-24-septembre.jpg

    ...me too, last June ! hahahaha!

    Luc, Montréal, Québec

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  3. Thanks for sharing that, Luc. Don't they look wonderful!

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  4. Thanks Petrea and Luc.

    Ringo and his wife live in Monaco.

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