Le Français, formerly the Kaskelot, is a three-masted barque and one of the largest remaining wooden ships in commission.

During the 1960s, Kaskelot worked as a support vessel for Danish fisheries in the Faroe Islands.

[5] In 2007, for the bi-centennial celebration of Great Britain's ending the African slave trade, the ship was sailed up the Thames River to Tower Bridge in London to represent the Zong.

New owners purchased the ship in 2013 and undertook an extensive 8-month refit at T. Nielsen in Gloucester during which it was upgraded to comply with MCA MLC guidelines.

In 2018, the Kaskelot was bought by Frédéric Lescure and brought under the French flag.