Belle Poule (A 650)

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Career	Image:Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg Image:Naval Ensign of Free France.svg
Image:Belle-poule11.jpg
Built	1932
Fate	in service
General Characteristics
Displacement:	225 tonnes
Length:	37.50 m
Width:
Beam:
Draught:	3.65 m
Class:
Speed:
Complement:	1 officer 5 non-commissioned officers 10 quarter-masters 20 trainees
Armament:	none

The Belle-Poule is a French naval schooner used as a training ship.

She was launched on the February 8 1932. She is a replica of a type of fishing ship which was used until 1935 of Iceland. She has a sister-ship, the Étoile.

Both ships joined the Free French Forces during the Second World War, a deed for which they are still honoured by flying the French flag with the cross of Lorraine.