France

A five-masted aux. steel barque built in 1911 by the Chantiers de la Gironde, Bordeaux. Dimensions: 127,60×16,96×7,53 meters [418'8×55'8×24'9] and tonnage: 5633 GRT and 4544 NRT.

She had a midship island which was 116 ft long. Rigged with double top- and topgallant sails which gave a total sailarea of 6350 m². Originally equipped with two diesel engines rated at 934 hp and two propellers.

1911 November 9: Launched at the shipyard of Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde, Bordeaux, for Société Anonyme des Navires Mixtes (Prentout-Leblond, Leroux & Co.), Rouen. Assigned the French signal JHGT.
1915: Sold to Leroux & Henzey, Rouen.
1916/1917: Sold to Compagnie Française de Marine et de Commerce, Rouen.
1917 February 28: Attacked by a submarine 150' WNW of Cape Finisterre but escaped with the aid of the night.
1919: The two diesel engines were removed.
1921: Sailed from New Zealand to London in 90 days.
1922 July 12: Drifted aground with a cargo of 8000 tons of nickel ore on the Ouano Reef 60' from Noumea, New Caledonia, and had to be abandoned.
1922 December 22: The hull was sold for £ 2000.
1944: Destroyed by American bombers which were using the wreck for target practice.

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Updated 1998-08-03 by Lars Bruzelius.

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