Griffon

The navigation must have been just the same in 1679, when Lassalle, an officer in the Canadian army, launched the first ship, which he called the Griffon, in honour of the griffin in the arms of his commanding officer, the Marquis de Frontenac.

Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville Prince De Joinville 1859

From your description I narrowed the manufacturer to an English outfit called Griffon Hovercraft Ltd. Only so many were built of the model you described.

SERPENT CLIVE CUSSLER 2000

From your description I narrowed the manufacturer to an English outfit called Griffon Hovercraft Ltd. Only so many were built of the model you described.

SERPENT CLIVE CUSSLER 2000

River on a ship which had been built during the preceding winter and was named "Griffon", a griffin being one of the figures on the coat of arms of La Salle.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

Hoskins, R.N., ended his kindness with ordering for me a passage on board H.M. Steamship "Griffon," an old acquaintance in the

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855

M. 's Commissioner to Dahome, and that, unless I could at once sail in H.M.S. "Griffon," no other opportunity would be found for some time.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855

H.M.S.S. "Griffon" had been ordered, namely, to and from the

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

Observations at the Congo mouth in February, 1863 (from log of H.M.S. "Griffon").

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855

I was on board "Griffon," ready for Dahome and for my late host

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855

Norman "Griffon" Lapierre has fond memories of walking into an American sandwich shop with a loaded gun.

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