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shipstamps
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Alsace.

Post by shipstamps » Sun Oct 19, 2008 11:14 am

Cable ship built 1939 Ch & Atelier de St Nazaire for French Govy. 2092Gt 598nt.
Triple exp eng, 25000ihp. 2 screws 14.5knts. Based at La seyne. Used principally for maintenance of Mediterranean cables.
Monaco SG828. Senegal SG301 SSS Ency
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advanderpol46
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Re: Alsace.

Post by advanderpol46 » Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:02 pm

Built in 1939 at Chantiers & Atelier de St. Nazaire, length 288,1 ft.,breadt 39,9 ft,depth 17,6 ft. Gross tonnage 2092.
Laidup in Algiers 1939 - 1942, then based at Dakar, relieving CS " Arago ", based at la Seiyne sur Mer, after WW2 to maintain mediterranean cables.
Sold for schap in 1974.
Source Atlantic Cable.

D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen
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Re: Alsace.

Post by D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen » Mon Feb 05, 2018 8:01 pm

Completed just before the German occupation, she was laid up in Algiers until 1942, then based at Dakar to replace ARAGO. After World War II based at La Seyne sur Mer on maintenance duties in the Mediterranean. Fitted with three cable tanks with a capacity of 14,500 cubic feet. Fitted only with a forward paying out-picking up machine. In service until 1974 when sold for scrap to N. V. Rijsdijk, Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Holland.
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