HIGHLIGHTS

Gather you crew and create your UFO: Unidentified FLOATING Object.

The aim is to get across the river Seine without sinking and to have the most unusual craft.

Participate in the launching of this sixth Armada with this crazy crossing. Excitement guaranteed!

Come and watch the ships sail under the Flaubert Bridge at 9 p.m.

The Armada is open every day from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m.

Come and watch the ships sail under the Flaubert Bridge in the evening; the quays will be especially illuminated.

Patrick Herr and the officials present will launch Armada 2013.

The day will end, like the other days during the Armada, with a free concert organised by the Regional Council and an amazing firework.  

In the morning: Celebration of the Seafarers' Mass, Avenue Pasteur

The Sailors' Parade from the quays on the right bank of the river to the Town Hall via Rue Jeanne d'Arc and Rue Jean Lecanuet from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Official inauguration of the installation of the Jeanne d'Arc's anchor at the tip of the Ile Lacroix.

In September 2010, the Jeanne d'Arc lost her flag and name. Rouen, sponsor city of this helicopter cruiser, celebrated, in May 2010, the end of her career.

Since that day, the ship has been dismantled and disarmed. "Originally, the idea was to have the Jeanne d'Arc's stem back in Rouen" says Patrick Herr, captain of the Armada. "We had talked about it with Patrick Augier, the vessel's commanding officer. The plan was to install the bow of the former warship below the Flaubert Bridge, on the Rollet peninsula. But due to the cost of such a scheme, it was not possible."

It was finally decided to bring back "only" the former warship's anchor. A fine choice anyway as it weights no less than 6 tonnes and its mooring chain weights 1 tonne.

An official inauguration is already scheduled on 14^th June 2013 at 5 p.m. The town will seize the opportunity of the Congress of military vessels' Sponsor Cities (the Air Force, the Navy and the Army), which is held in Rouen during the Armada, to organise a ceremony. The commemorative plaque that was placed on board the Jeanne d'Arc has been recovered. It will be unveiled and placed on the Town Hall.

Everyone is welcomed at 8:30 a.m. for a 7-km-long jog along the quays on both banks of the river Seine.

The Grand Parade along the River Seine, organised by the Seine-Maritime County Council, along the 120 km of meanders of the river Seine from Rouen to the estuary.

Grand Parade schedule: 

- Rouen: the first ships leave at 7:00 am and the last ones at 11:00 am.

- La Bouille: the first ships arrive at 8:30 am and the last ones at 12:30 pm.

- Duclair: the first ships arrive at 9:45 am and the last ones at 1:45 pm.

- Caudebec: the first ships arrive at 12:00 pm and the last ones at 4:00 pm.

- Radicatel: the first ships arrive at 1:30 pm and the last ones at 6:00 pm.

- Honfleur: the first ships arrive at 3:15 pm and the last ships at 7:30 pm.

3 p.m.: end of the event on the quays in Rouen

The Patrouille de France (French Air Force aerobatic team) will fly over the river Seine during the final Grand Parade.