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Hi Terry,

found this site about French built vessels. It has photos etc

http://www.marine-marchande.net/Jourlejour/AujourleJour-108.htm

Also sent you a pm about same

Mike

Here is the CGT-French Line motorship [b]M.V. Magellan[/b]......

[attachment=0]M.V. Magellan 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. MAGELLAN[/b]; nameship of a class of four motorships, [i][b]Magellan[/b][/i], Maryland, Michigan and Mississippi. Built for Compagnie G�n�rale TransAtlantique-French Lines� Dunkerque-Le Havre to Pacific Northwest ports� route.

Builder � Ateliers et Chantiers de Provence, Port de Bouc. Yard N�. 292.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 5217050[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down � unknown.
Launched � 9th March 1958.
Service 1958 to 1977 (C.G.T).

Length 149.5 metres, breadth 18.8 metres. 9,186Grt.


Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Here is another French ocean liner from the 1960s, the [b]Ancerville[/b]......

[attachment=0]M.V. Ancerville 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. ANCERVILLE[/b]; built for Cie. de Navigation Paquet�s Marseilles � Casablanca - Dakar service, she was transferred to Nouvelle Cie de Paquebots in 1970. She passed into Chinese ownership as MINGHUA and still exists as a landlocked tourist attraction and hotel at Shekou near Shenzen.

Builder � Chantiers de l�Atlantique, St. Nazaire. Yard N�. M21.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 5015957[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down � unknown.
Launched � 5th April 1962.
Service (Pacquet then Nouvelle) 5th September 1962 to April 1973.

Length 168 metres, breadth 22 metres. 14,224Grt.


Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Here is the [b]CGT-French Line[/b] motorship [b]M.V. Michigan[/b]......

[attachment=0]M.V. Michigan 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. MICHIGAN[/b]; one of a class of four motorships, Magellan, Maryland, [i][b]Michigan[/b][/i] and Mississippi. Built for Compagnie G�n�rale TransAtlantique-French Lines� Dunkerque-Le Havre to Pacific Northwest ports� route. The three later ships had a goal-post mast and twin king-posts at hatches 1, 2 & 3.

Builder � Ateliers et Chantiers de Provence, Port de Bouc. Yard N�. 294.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 5234228[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down � unknown.
Launched � 23rd March 1959.
Service 1959 to 1976 (C.G.T).

Length 149.5 metres, breadth 18.8 metres. 9,235Grt.


Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Here is [b]Messageries Maritimes[/b]' final passenger liner, [b]M.V. Pasteur[/b]......

As M.V. Pasteur.
[attachment=1]M.V. Pasteur 1.......jpg[/attachment]


As M.V. Chidambaram.
[attachment=0]M.V. Chidambaram (Pasteur) (i).......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. PASTEUR[/b]; built for Messageries Maritimes� South American services, but originally ordered as [b]AUSTRALIEN[/b] for their Australian/South Pacific service. Sold to The Shipping Corporation of India on 30th October 1972 as [b]CHIDAMBARAM[/b] for their Madras-to-Singapore service but lost to fire on 12th February 1985 off Malabar and scrapped at Bombay.

Builder � Ateliers et Chantiers de Dunkerque et Bordeaux (France Gironde), Dunkerque. Yard N�. 247.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 6614683[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down 28th April 1963.
Launched 2nd June 1966.
Service 28th October 1966 to 30th October 1972 (Messageries Maritimes).

Length 174 metres, breadth 24.4 metres. 17,986Grt.


Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Here is the East German built [b]CGT-French Line[/b] motorship [b]M.V. Auvergne[/b]......

[attachment=0]M.V. Auvergne 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. AUVERGNE[/b]; one of a class of three East German built motorships, Anjou, [i][b]Auvergne[/b][/i] and Aunis. Built for Compagnie G�n�rale TransAtlantique-French Lines� North Atlantic service but designed to be usable on any general cargo route.

Builder � Warnowerft, Warnemunde. Yard N�. 471.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 6904181[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down � unknown.
Launched � 29th February 1968.
Service 1968 to 1979 (C.G.T).

Length 150.7 metres, breadth 20.1 metres. 8,718Grt.


Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Here is one of [b]Chargeurs R�unis[/b]' "Savant" class combination liners; [b]M.V Lavoisier[/b]......

[attachment=1]M.V. Lavoisier 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=0]M.V. Lavoisier 2.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. LAVOISIER[/b]; one of eight �Savant� class ships built for Chargeurs R�unis and Compagnie Sud Atlantique. The �Savant� class ships were Claude Bernard, [i][b]Lavoisier[/b][/i] and Louis Lumi�re; passenger ships for Chargeurs R�unis� South American route, Charles Tellier and La�nnec; passenger ships for Compagnie Sud Atlantique�s South American route and Eduard Branly, Henri Poincar� and Cl�ment Ader; cargoliners for Chargeurs R�unis� Indo-China route.

Builder � Atelier et Chantiers de la Loire, St. Nazaire. Yard No. 341.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 5529725[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down � unknown.
Launched - 30th October 1948.
Service (Chargeurs R�unis) August 1950 to 1962.

Length 163.6 metres, breadth 20.1 metres. 11,986Grt.


Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Here is an unusual [b]CGT-French Line[/b] motorship, [b]M.V. Cleveland[/b]......

[attachment=0]M.V. Cleveland 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. CLEVELAND[/b]; one of a class of two motorships, Chicago and [i][b]Cleveland[/b][/i]. Built for Compagnie G�n�rale TransAtlantique-French Lines� Dunkerque-Le Havre route to the Great Lakes ports via the St Lawrence Seaway and fitted with icebreaking bows.

Builder � Ateliers et Chantiers de Provence, Port de Bouc. Yard N�. 302.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 5075971[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down � unknown.
Launched � 8th April 1960.
Service 11th July 1960 to 1977 (C.G.T).

Length 137.2 metres, breadth 19 metres. 8,141Grt.

Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Here is the [b]Messageries Maritimes[/b] motorship [b]M.V. Ventoux[/b]......

[attachment=0]M.V. Ventoux 3.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. VENTOUX[/b] ; one of class of ten sisterships for Messageries Maritimes. 5 �G� type Maori, Marquisien, Malais, Mauricien and Martiniquais and 5 �H� type Vivarais, Vosges, [i][b]Ventoux[/b][/i], Vanoise and Velay. For the Dunkerque to Australia service. Named for Mont Ventoux in Provence, she was jumboised to carry containers in 1973.

Builder � Ateliers et Chantiers de Provence, Port de Bouc. Yard N�. 304.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 5378127[/size][/i][/b]
Laid Down � unknown.
Launched 12th September 1960.
Service (MM) December 1960 to 1978.

Length 156.6 metres, breadth 19.7 metres. 7,508Grt. (Length 175.3 metres. 7,799Grt Jumboised).

Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Here is the [b]CGT-French Line[/b] motorship [b]M.V. Maryland[/b]......

[attachment=0]M.V. Maryland 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. MARYLAND[/b]; one of a class of four motorships, Magellan, [b][i]Maryland[/i][/b], Michigan and Mississippi. Built for Compagnie G�n�rale TransAtlantique-French Lines� Dunkerque-Le Havre to Pacific Northwest ports� route. The three later ships had a goal-post mast and twin king-posts at hatches 1, 2 & 3.

Builder � Ateliers et Chantiers de Provence, Port de Bouc. Yard N�. 293.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 5227847[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down � unknown.
Launched � 26th June 1958.
Service 1958 to 1976 (C.G.T).

Length 149.5 metres, breadth 18.8 metres. 9,224Grt.

Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Another [b]Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs R�unis[/b] motorship; [b]M.V. Taboa[/b]......

[attachment=0]M.V. Taboa 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. TABOA[/b]; a motorship built for Chargeurs R�unis, sisterships Talassa, Tanagra, Tatiana, Tayga, Tchibanga, Tidra (half-sisterships Tessa and Tamba). Named for the town in Viet-Nam.

Builder � Atelier et Chantiers de la Loire-Normandie, Grand Quevilly. Yard N�. r313.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 5348249[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down � unknown.
Launched � 19th June 1958.
Service (Chargeurs R�unis) 1955 to 1976.

Length 140.5 metres, breadth 18.7 metres. 7,271Grt.


Terry ([b][color=#800000]Caravellarella[/color][/b])

Here is another [b]Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs R�unis[/b] "B" type motorship; [b]M.V. Loul�a[/b]......

In [b]Chargeurs R�unis[/b] livery......
[attachment=1]M.V. Loul�a 1.......jpg[/attachment]

In [b]Delmas Vieljeux[/b] livery......
[attachment=0]M.V. Loul�a 4.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. LOUL�A[/b]; one of the 19 �B� type motorships built for Chargeurs R�unis.

Builder � Ateliers et Chantiers de La Loire, St. Nazaire. Yard No. 343.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 5213028[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down � unknown.
Launched � 18th November 1949.
Service (Chargeur R�unis then Delmas Vieljeux) November 1950 to 1972.

Length 130.8 metres (lengthened to 140.1 metres in 1961), breadth 17 metres. 4,544Grt, (6,802Grt after 1961).


Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Here is a trio of striking [b]Messageries Maritimes[/b] motorships capable of carrying containers as well as refrigerated and break-bulk. They entered service on the Australian/New Zealand route but were intended to be versatile enough to serve on other routes as and when required......

[attachment=2]M.V. Zamb�ze 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. ZAMB�ZE[/b]; first in a class of three sisterships built for Messageries Maritimes� Dunkerque-Australia/New Zealand route, [i][b]Zamb�ze[/b][/i] (Zambezi), Z�lande (New Zealand) and Zeebrugge. Fitted to carry 304TEU.

Builder � Ateliers et Chantiers de Dunkerque et Bordeaux (France Gironde), Dunkerque. Yard N�.278.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 7034933[/size][/i][/b]
Laid Down � unknown.
Launched - 29th October 1970.
Service (MM then CGM) 20th August 1971 to 1987.

Length 167.1 metres, breadth 24 metres. 13,208Grt.


[attachment=0]M.V. Z�lande 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. Z�LANDE[/b]; last in a class of three sisterships built for Messageries Maritimes� Dunkerque-Australia/New Zealand route, Zamb�ze (Zambezi), [i][b]Z�lande[/b][/i] (New Zealand) and Zeebrugge. Fitted to carry 304TEU, [i][b]Z�lande [/b][/i]was launched with the name Zanzibar but renamed when the East African service closed.

Builder � Ateliers et Chantiers de Dunkerque et Bordeaux (France Gironde), Dunkerque. Yard N�.280.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 7116145[/size][/i][/b]
Laid Down � unknown.
Launched - 7th August 1971.
Service (MM then CGM) 31st January 1972 to 1983.

Length 167.1 metres, breadth 24 metres. 13,208Grt.


[attachment=1]M.V. Zeebrugge 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. ZEEBRUGGE[/b]; one of a class of three sisterships built for Messageries Maritimes� Dunkerque-Australia/New Zealand route, Zamb�ze (Zambezi), Z�lande (New Zealand) and [i][b]Zeebrugge[/b][/i]. Fitted to carry 304TEU.

Builder � Ateliers et Chantiers de Dunkerque et Bordeaux (France Gironde), Dunkerque. Yard N�.279.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 7052387[/size][/i][/b]
Laid Down � unknown.
Launched - 27th February 1971.
Service (MM then CGM) 26th October 1971 to 1986.

Length 167.1 metres, breadth 24 metres. 13,208Grt.


Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Another French motorship, seen here on charter to [b]Chargeurs R�unis[/b]......

[attachment=0]M.V. Tocansa 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. TOCANSA[/b]; a one-off motorship built for [b]C.T.O - Compagnie de Transports Oc�aniques[/b]. Named for an island off the coast of Brazil.

Builder � Atelier et Chantiers de la Loire-Normandie, Nantes. Yard N�. 651.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 5362829[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down � unknown.
Launched 21st April 1958.
Service 1958 to 1975.

Length 144.8 metres, breadth 19 metres. 8,529Grt.


Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Here is another [b]Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs R�unis[/b] "B" type motorship; [b]M.V. Loudima[/b]......

In [b]Chargeurs R�unis[/b] livery......
[attachment=2]M.V. Loudima 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=1]M.V. Loudima 2.......jpg[/attachment]

In [b]Delmas Vieljeux[/b] livery after 1971 (blue funnel with a black top and a white emblem)......
[attachment=0]M.V. Loudima 4.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. LOUDIMA[/b]; one of the 19 �B� type motorships built for Chargeurs R�unis. Named for the capital of Bouenza Region in The Congo (Brazzaville) Republic.

Builder � Ateliers et Chantiers de La Loire, St. Nazaire.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 5212660[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down � unknown.
Launched � 29th June 1954.
Service (Chargeurs R�unis) to 1971.

Length 130.8 metres (lengthened to 140.1 metres in 1961), breadth 17 metres. 4,544Grt, (6,802Grt after 1961).


Terry ([color=#400000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Dear [color=#800000][b]Boys[/b][/color] & [color=#800000][b]Girls[/b][/color], more of my favourites from the late 1950s; [b]Messageries Maritime[/b]'s "G" type motorships......

[attachment=2]M.V. Malais 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=1]M.V. Malais 3.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. MALAIS[/b] (Malayan); third in a class of ten sisterships for Messageries Maritimes. 5 �G� type Maori, Marquisien, [i][b]Malais[/b][/i], Mauricien and Martiniquais and 5 �H� type Vivarais, Vosges, Ventoux, Vanoise and Velay. For the Dunkerque to Far East service.

Builder � Chantiers Naval de La Ciotat. Yard N�. 195.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 5218121[/size][/i][/b]
Laid Down � unknown.
Launched 21st March 1959.
Service 19th August 1959 to 1978.


[attachment=0]M.V. Martiniquais 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. MARTINIQUAIS[/b] (Martinican); one of class of ten sisterships for Messageries Maritimes. 5 �G� type Maori, Marquisien, Malais, Mauricien and [i][b]Martiniquais[/b][/i] and 5 �H� type Vivarais, Vosges, Ventoux, Vanoise and Velay. For the Dunkerque to Far East service.

Builder � Chantiers Naval de La Ciotat. Yard N�. 197.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 5227134[/size][/i][/b]
Laid Down � unknown.
Launched 19th December 1959.
Service 1960 to 1978.

Length 156.6 metres, breadth 19.7 metres. 7,475Grt.


Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Here is another [b]Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs R�unis [/b]motorship......

[attachment=0]M.V. Maroua 6.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. MAROUA[/b]; a motorship built for the Fraissinet & Cyprien Fabre line as [b]FRONTENAC[/b] for their Marseilles-New York service. After a year she was transferred to Chargeurs R�unis as [b]MAROUA[/b] for their West African service. Then in December 1961 she was bought by China Navigation Company and was renamed [b]TIENTSIN[/b]. She was named for the capital of North Cameroon.

A Fraissinet & Cyprien Fabre line sistership DUQUESNE had a similar career, becoming MANGA with Chargeurs R�unis and then TSINGTAO with China Navigation.

Builder � Ateliers et Chantiers de Provence, Port de Bouc. Yard N�. 275.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 5361124[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down � unknown.
Launched 3rd July 1954.
Service 1956 to 1961 (Chargeurs R�unis).

Length 136.9 metres, breadth 18.4 metres. 5,588Grt.


Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Here is [b]Messageries Maritimes[/b]' [b]M.V. Godavery[/b] in colour......

[attachment=0]M.V. Godavery 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. GODAVERY[/b]; first in a class of ten �F� type sisterships for Messageries Maritimes which were all named after rivers, [i][b]Godavery[/b][/i], Moonie, la Natal, Sindh, Tigre, Yarra, Kouang-Si, Yalou, Si-Kiang and Yang-Ts�. They originally sailed on the Dunkerque or Marseilles to South Africa routes.

Builder � Ateliers et Chantiers de Provence, Port de Bouc. Yard N�. 279.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 5132705[/size][/i][/b]
Laid Down � unknown.
Launched 18th December 1954.
Service 19th July 1955 to 15th December 1976.

Length 148.9 metres, breadth 18.8 metres. 6,936Grt.

Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Here is another [b]Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs R�unis[/b] motorship......

[attachment=0]M.V. Tessa 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. TESSA[/b]; sistership Tamba; later half-sisterships were Talassa, Tanagra, Tatiana, Tayga, Tchibanga, Tidra and Taboa.

Builder � Atelier et Chantiers de la Loire, St. Nazaire. Yard N�. 364.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 5356466[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down � unknown.
Launched 30th January 1955.
Service 1955 to 1974.

Length 140.5 metres, breadth 18.7 metres. 5,638Grt.

Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])

Here is another pair of [b]Compagnie G�n�rale TransAtlantique[/b] (French Line) motorships......

[attachment=1]M.V. �quateur 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. �QUATEUR[/b]; name-ship of a class of two sisterships built for the French Lines� South Pacific service via Panama; [i][b]�quateur[/b][/i] (Equator) and P�rou (Peru).

Builder - Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Bordeaux. Yard N�. 222.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 5104980[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down � unknown.
Launched 1st April 1950.
Service (CGT) 29th June 1951 to 5th December 1966.

Length 147 metres, breadth 19 metres. 7,267Grt.


[attachment=0]M.V. P�rou 1.......jpg[/attachment]
[b]M.V. P�ROU[/b]; sistership �quateur. Built for the French Lines� South Pacific via Panama service, she was ordered as VALPARAISO, but renamed [i][b]P�rou[/b][/i] before launching as the original P�rou had been sold before completion to Messageries Maritimes and renamed Indus.

Builder - Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Bordeaux.
[b][i][size=150]IMO 5275076[/size][/i][/b]
Laid down � unknown.
Launched 28th November 1950.
Service (CGT) 25th January 1952 to 15th December 1967.

Length 146.9 metres, breadth 19 metres. 7,264Grt.


Terry ([color=#800000][b]Caravellarella[/b][/color])