Sail Hospital Ship. No further information yet. SG715
Saint Pierre
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Saint Pierre
Sail Hospital Ship. No further information yet. SG715
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Re: Saint Pierre
She was built by the yard of Buron at St Malo, as a wooden hospital ship for the fishing vessels on the Grand Banks by Newfoundland for Société des Oeuvres de Mer.
The Society was formed by Dr. Jean-Bapitste Charcot the South Pole explorer in 1894.
June 1896 building commenced.
18 March 1897 launched.
26 April 1897 christened under the name SAINT-PIERRE (II), one sister the SAINT-PAUL.
She was built after the same tonnage and dimensions of SAINT-PIERRE (I), which are given as displacement 318 ton, dim. 37m long, draught 3m., not a beam given.
Schooner rigged, sail area 812 square meter.
Crew 20.
F. Gautier designed her. Building cost 150.000 Fr.
Was a replacement of the first hospital ship SAINT-PIERRE that sank on 30 May 1896.
After a passage of 19 days under command of Capt. Populaire she arrived at the cold and foggy banks of New Foundland
23 May 1897 she was in collision with the French brig ANATOLE, which sank, the crew was saved by the SAINT-PIERRE and brought to St Pierre.
After her repairs at St Pierre she returned to the banks to assist ships and crews.
After 37 days at sea Capt. Populaire visited 202 sail fishing vessels, she rescued 43 sailors, and took care of 19 sick fishermen.
The next season she visited 282 ships, rescued 14 men and took care of 57 ill fishermen.
1899 That fishing season she visited 297 ships on the Grand Banks.
1900 Capt Populaire was relieved by Capt. Saillard., he visited 301 ships
1901 Was she replaced by ST FRANÇOIS D’ASSISE, an she headed for the fishing grounds off the Icelandic coast, which she reached in 22 days after sailing from St Malo.
1902 She visited 205 ships that fishing season.
1903 She returned to the Grand Banks, as she was less expensive to run than the ST FRANÇOIS D’ASSISE. It was the last year she was used as a hospital ship.
1905 Sold for Fr. 28.000, thereafter used to carry salted cod. Her fate till so far unknown.
(The surgeon on board the voyage of 1898 was Dr. Du Bois Saint Sévrin and he took a large number of photographs, and most probably the stamp is designed after a photo he made.)
Source: Info received from Mr. Jean-Louis Araignon, his sources were Terre-Neuvas museum at Fecamp, Normandy, and the book Histoire de la Société des Oeuvres de Mer by Amiral Darrieus.
The Society was formed by Dr. Jean-Bapitste Charcot the South Pole explorer in 1894.
June 1896 building commenced.
18 March 1897 launched.
26 April 1897 christened under the name SAINT-PIERRE (II), one sister the SAINT-PAUL.
She was built after the same tonnage and dimensions of SAINT-PIERRE (I), which are given as displacement 318 ton, dim. 37m long, draught 3m., not a beam given.
Schooner rigged, sail area 812 square meter.
Crew 20.
F. Gautier designed her. Building cost 150.000 Fr.
Was a replacement of the first hospital ship SAINT-PIERRE that sank on 30 May 1896.
After a passage of 19 days under command of Capt. Populaire she arrived at the cold and foggy banks of New Foundland
23 May 1897 she was in collision with the French brig ANATOLE, which sank, the crew was saved by the SAINT-PIERRE and brought to St Pierre.
After her repairs at St Pierre she returned to the banks to assist ships and crews.
After 37 days at sea Capt. Populaire visited 202 sail fishing vessels, she rescued 43 sailors, and took care of 19 sick fishermen.
The next season she visited 282 ships, rescued 14 men and took care of 57 ill fishermen.
1899 That fishing season she visited 297 ships on the Grand Banks.
1900 Capt Populaire was relieved by Capt. Saillard., he visited 301 ships
1901 Was she replaced by ST FRANÇOIS D’ASSISE, an she headed for the fishing grounds off the Icelandic coast, which she reached in 22 days after sailing from St Malo.
1902 She visited 205 ships that fishing season.
1903 She returned to the Grand Banks, as she was less expensive to run than the ST FRANÇOIS D’ASSISE. It was the last year she was used as a hospital ship.
1905 Sold for Fr. 28.000, thereafter used to carry salted cod. Her fate till so far unknown.
(The surgeon on board the voyage of 1898 was Dr. Du Bois Saint Sévrin and he took a large number of photographs, and most probably the stamp is designed after a photo he made.)
Source: Info received from Mr. Jean-Louis Araignon, his sources were Terre-Neuvas museum at Fecamp, Normandy, and the book Histoire de la Société des Oeuvres de Mer by Amiral Darrieus.