{"id":1723,"date":"2022-10-27T13:55:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T13:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leopoldhotelostend.com\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:34:27","slug":"ce-que-vous-ne-savez-pas-sur-le-mercator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leopoldhotelostend.com\/fr\/blog\/ce-que-vous-ne-savez-pas-sur-le-mercator","title":{"rendered":"Ce que vous ne saviez pas sur le Mercator"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1723\" class=\"elementor elementor-1723\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7aa5ad8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7aa5ad8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7024633\" data-id=\"7024633\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61224ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61224ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCe navire impressionnant qui fait appel \u00e0 l'imagination a \u00e9t\u00e9 plac\u00e9 pour que tout le monde puisse voir sa vraie beaut\u00e9 au port de plaisance d'Ostende depuis 1960. Montez \u00e0 bord de ce puissant navire pour d\u00e9couvrir sa remarquable histoire. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitoostende.be\/en\/mercator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Le Mercator<\/a> n'avait que deux commandants et a effectu\u00e9 41 voyages. En 1956, il a rapatri\u00e9 les restes du P\u00e8re Damien de Molokai. En 1960, il a navigu\u00e9 dans le port d'Anvers et en 1961, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9quip\u00e9 comme un navire-mus\u00e9e. Lisez notre blog pour d\u00e9couvrir quelques faits int\u00e9ressants sur cet important point de rep\u00e8re.\n<h2>Racines d'\u00c9cosse<\/h2>\nBien que le Mercator r\u00e9side dans la belle ville d'Ostende, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 construit dans la ville de Leith, en \u00c9cosse, sur le chantier naval de Ramage et Ferguson, et a \u00e9t\u00e9 lanc\u00e9 en 1932. La barquentine Mercator a \u00e9t\u00e9 con\u00e7ue par l'explorateur de l'Antarctique Adrien de Gerlache (1866-1934) comme navire d'entra\u00eenement pour la flotte marchande belge.\n<h2>Cartographie d'un nom<\/h2>\nLe Mercator a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 d'apr\u00e8s Gerardus Mercator, un g\u00e9ographe et cartographe du 16\u00e8me si\u00e8cle originaire des Flandres. Il est c\u00e9l\u00e8bre pour avoir cr\u00e9\u00e9 la carte du monde de 1959, bas\u00e9e sur une nouvelle pr\u00e9diction qui aidait les marins \u00e0 obtenir des formes pr\u00e9cises des messages d\u00e9barqu\u00e9s et des lignes de rel\u00e8vement constantes et fiables.\n<h2>Les premi\u00e8res ann\u00e9es<\/h2>\nLa carri\u00e8re du Mercator d\u00e9bute en 1934 lorsque le navire quitte Pitcairn Island, Tahiti et Papeete pour rejoindre les \u00eeles Marquises et Honolulu dans le cadre d'une exp\u00e9dition scientifique franco-belge. C'\u00e9tait sa septi\u00e8me croisi\u00e8re et elle \u00e9tait connue pour \u00eatre assez remarquable pour ceux qui pr\u00e9c\u00e9daient la Seconde Guerre mondiale.\n<h2>D'Oslo \u00e0 Ostende<\/h2>\nLe navire a \u00e9galement remport\u00e9 une importante course d'Oslo \u00e0 Ostende en 1960 et a particip\u00e9 aux courses Torbay-Lisbonne et Brest-\u00eeles Canaries dans les ann\u00e9es 1950.\n<h2>Mus\u00e9e flottant<\/h2>\nEn 1961, elle devient un mus\u00e9e flottant, d'abord \u00e0 Anvers, puis en 1964 dans le port de plaisance d'Ostende, juste en face de l'h\u00f4tel de ville. Depuis 2013, elle est rest\u00e9e l\u00e0, au c\u0153ur de la ville, ouverte aux visiteurs. R\u00e9cemment, la ville d'Ostende a acquis le Mercator en pleine propri\u00e9t\u00e9 apr\u00e8s avoir restaur\u00e9 l'embl\u00e9matique Trois-M\u00e2ts dans sa gloire et sa splendeur d'antan.\n<h2>Les ann\u00e9es de la bataille finale<\/h2>\nLe 21 f\u00e9vrier 1940, le Mercator est parti pour sa derni\u00e8re croisi\u00e8re avant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il a navigu\u00e9 jusqu'\u00e0 Rio de Janeiro et est ensuite arriv\u00e9 \u00e0 Boma. Du d\u00e9but de 1945 \u00e0 la mi-1947, le navire \u00e9tait sous la garde de l'arm\u00e9e britannique. Malheureusement, apr\u00e8s 1947, le navire n'a plus navigu\u00e9 jusqu'\u00e0 ce qu'il reprenne la mer en 1951. Le navire est retourn\u00e9 en Belgique pour y subir d'importants travaux d'entretien.\n<h2>Mus\u00e9e flottant<\/h2>\nEn 1961, le navire est devenu un mus\u00e9e flottant que de nombreux visiteurs du monde entier ont pu visiter, d'abord \u00e0 Anvers, puis en 1964, il est revenu dans la marina d'Ostende, juste en face de l'h\u00f4tel de ville. La ville d'Ostende a acquis le Mercator en pleine propri\u00e9t\u00e9 apr\u00e8s avoir restaur\u00e9 l'embl\u00e9matique Trois-M\u00e2ts dans sa gloire et sa splendeur d'antan.\n<h2>Leopold Ostende H\u00e9bergement<\/h2>\nLe Leopold Hotel Ostend b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie d'un emplacement id\u00e9al, quelle que soit la raison de votre visite dans la ville. Nous sommes \u00e0 une courte distance de marche du centre de la ville, du front de mer et de la jet\u00e9e et bien s\u00fbr, du Mercator. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leopoldhotelostend.com\/fr\/garantie-du-meilleur-tarif\/\">R\u00e9servez votre s\u00e9jour dans Leopold Hotel Ostend<\/a> en utilisant notre site officiel pour un acc\u00e8s exclusif \u00e0 nos meilleurs tarifs disponibles. Nous avons des offres sp\u00e9ciales et des r\u00e9ductions que vous ne trouverez nulle part ailleurs. Nous sommes impatients de vous accueillir au Leopold Hotel Ostend.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ce navire impressionnant qui fait appel \u00e0 l'imagination est plac\u00e9 depuis 1960 dans le port de plaisance d'Ostende pour que tout le monde puisse voir sa vraie beaut\u00e9. Montez \u00e0 bord de ce puissant navire et d\u00e9couvrez son histoire remarquable. Le Mercator n'a eu que deux commandants et a effectu\u00e9 41 voyages. En 1956, il rapatrie la d\u00e9pouille du P\u00e8re Damien de Molokai. [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":1725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What You Did Not Know About The Mercator &#8211; Leopold Hotel Ostend<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This impressive ship that appeals to the imagination has been placed for everyone to see. 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