Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique

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The Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique was a French shipping company from 1910 to 1962 for mail, freight and passenger service between France and South America .

Company founded as Societe d'Etudes de Navigation

The Societe d'Etudes de Navigation was founded in 1910 by the French shipowner Cyprien Fabre, the Compagnie Fraissinet and the Société Générale de Transport Maritimes in cooperation with two French banks. On May 27, 1910, they submitted an application to the French government to take over all of the postal services maintained by the Messageries Maritimes shipping company . Messageries Maritimes had done very little since 1904 to improve their South American service.

After the French authorities had held private talks with the messageries and the Societe d'Etudes, contracts were signed on July 11, 1911, which were to take effect from July 22, 1912. Messageries were allowed to keep all of their postal services with the exception of the one to South America, which was to be transferred to the Societe d'Etudes. For their part, they were obliged to build four 18-knot passenger ships with a minimum length of 175 meters and to provide six parcel ships for a fortnightly mail, freight and passenger service on the Bordeaux - Lisbon - Dakar - Rio de Janeiro - Santos - Montevideo route - Entertain Buenos Aires . Although the agreement was not confirmed by the French parliament by December 31, 1911, the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyards in Saint-Nazaire / France at the mouth of the Loire began building the Lutetia and Forges et Chantiers de la on January 1, 1912 Méditerranée in La Seyne-sur-Mer near Toulon built the Gallia , both of which were to be delivered in 1913.

Renaming to Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique

On February 8, 1912, the Societe d'Etudes de Navigation changed its name to Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique , the share capital at that time was 15 million francs (£ 600,000). The board consisted of prominent bankers and shipowners, including Andre Berthelot, Cyprien Fabre, Alfred Fraissinet, Comte Arrnand, Pellerin de la Touche and Hubert Giraud. The service could be started two months late on September 22, 1912 after the purchase of used ships.

In 1914 the company came under the control of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique and in 1916 it was taken over by Chargeurs Réunis . In 1927, the shipping company Chargeurs Réunis became dependent on its part through a hostile takeover by Fabre Line and thus controlled the South American traffic from 1928 as the parent company.

In 1962 Messageries Maritimes took over the South American service with only the two ships Laennec and Charles Tellier , this was the end of the Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique.

Fleet of the Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique
ship Construction year commitment metric tons
Alba 1912 Built by Bremer Vulkan , Bremen , as a freight and passenger steamer under the name Sierra Ventana for Norddeutscher Lloyd , confiscated by France in 1919 and renamed in Alba by Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique in 1920 , sold to Chargeurs Reunis in 1926, then renamed Amerique , scrapped in 1936. 8,324
Burdigala 1898 Built by Schichau-Werke , Danzig , under the name of Kaiser Friedrich . 1912 after purchase by Norddeutschen Lloyd to Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique , renamed Burdigala . In August 1914 by the French Navy requisitioned . On November 14, 1916, while traveling from Thessaloniki towards France, it ran into a mine near the Greek island of Kea and sank. 12,480
Charles Tellier 1952 Built by Ateliers & Chantiers de La Loire, Saint-Nazaire for Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique , acquired by Messageries Maritimes in 1962 , sold to Hong Kong shipowners in 1967 and operated under the name Le Havre Abeto under the Panamanian flag until launched in 1978, 1984 scrapped. 12.007
Divona 1887 At the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Govan built and ran on 29 September 1886 as Ormuz launched in 1912 acquired by the Orient Steam Navigation Company , renamed Divona , launched in 1919, scrapped 1922-1923. 6,405
Gallia 1913 Built by Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée in La Seyne-sur-Mer near Toulon . On 29 November 1913, ran Gallia in Bordeaux for their maiden voyage to Rio de la Plata in Argentina from. Her time as a passenger steamer was very short, however, on May 16, 1916, she was requisitioned by the French Navy and then converted into an armed auxiliary cruiser to transport French soldiers from the Mediterranean to the Orient . 1916 torpedoed by the German submarine U-35 and sunk with the loss of over 600 lives. 14,966
Garonna 1897 Built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Govan as Avondale Castle , operated by Union-Castle Line , sold to Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique in 1912 and renamed Garonna , scrapped in 1920. 5,531
La Brittany 1886 Built by Chantiers de Penhoët , Saint-Nazaire as La Bretagne , in 1912 the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique sold it to the Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique . In August 1914, due to the war, the La Bretagne was converted into a hospital ship with 550 beds and from October 1916 sailed under the name Bretagne II . In 1919 the name Alesia renamed. In December 1923 she was stranded on the North Sea island of Texel on the way to the scrapping yard in the Netherlands . 7.112
La Gascony 1886 Keeled at the Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée (FCM) shipyard in La Seyne-sur-Mer under the name L'Algerie , launched in January 1886, but completed as La Gascogne . On April 24, 1912 she was sold to the Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique for the liner service from Bordeaux to South America and ran out for the first time in Bordeaux for the new owners on November 2, 1912. Converted into an armed auxiliary cruiser for a short time in August 1914. On February 26, 1915, the steamer was chartered again by the CGT, its original shipping company. In November 1918, La Gascogne was disarmed in Bordeaux and on July 1, 1919, it arrived in Genoa, Italy, to be scrapped. 7,395
Laennec 1952 Built by Ateliers & Chantiers de La Loire, Saint-Nazaire , acquired by Messageries Maritimes in 1962 , sold to shipowners from Hong Kong in 1966 and operated under the name Le Havre Abeto under the flag of Panama until launched in 1978 under the name Belle Abeto , in 1976 by a Fire destroyed. 12.007
L'Atlantique 1931 The keel of L'Atlantique was laid on November 28, 1928 at the Chantiers de Penhoët shipyard in Saint-Nazaire . 1930 commissioned transatlantic passenger steamer for the shipping company Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique . In its time it was the largest ocean liner on the route between Europe and South America . On January 4, 1933, the ship burned so badly in the English Channel that it was not worth repairing. The L'Atlantique in 1936 in Port Glasgow , Scotland , scrapped. 40,945
Liger 1896 The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Govan built for the Union-Castle Line and was launched as Tintagel Castle , sold to Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique in 1912 and renamed Liger , scrapped in 1923. 5,562
Lutetia 1913 Keeled at the shipyard Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Penhoët near Saint-Nazaire in 1912 , launched on March 13, 1913. First as a hospital ship , she was requisitioned by the French Navy on March 19, 1915 and converted into an armed auxiliary cruiser . In May 1915, she brought French troops ashore on the Gallipoli peninsula . In October 1916 she transported Russian soldiers to Thessaloniki . On October 13, 1917, the Lutetia was released from military service and used again in civilian passenger traffic. Decommissioned in 1937. On January 12, 1938, it arrived in the English port town of Blyth to be scrapped. 14,783
Massilia 1914 Built by Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée in La Seyne-sur-Mer near Toulon for Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique . Launched in 1940 in Marseille , sunk by the German Wehrmacht in 1944, the wreck was later scrapped. 15,147
Meduana 1923 Built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson in Wallsend in Metropolitan County Tyne and Wear for Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique , 1928 sold to Chargeurs Reunis , renamed Kerguelen , renamed Winrich von Kniprode after confiscation by the German Wehrmacht in 1940 , 1945 the ship returned to French sovereignty and was renamed Kerguelen again, scrapped in 1955. 10.123
Mosella 1922 Built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson in Wallsend in Metropolitan County Tyne and Wear for Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique , 1928 sold to Chargeurs Reunis , renamed Jamaïque , scrapped in 1954. 10.123
Pasteur 1939 Built by Chantiers de Penhoët , Saint-Nazaire , in 1940 200 tons of gold reserves from France were shipped to Canada with the Pasteur . After the defeat of France, Great Britain took over the ship and used it as a troop transport and hospital ship. After being returned to France, the ship was in French service as a troop transport to Vietnam ( Indochina War ) from 1946 and to Algeria from 1954 to 1957 . Returned to the Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique in 1945 , sold to Norddeutscher Lloyd in 1957 and renamed Bremen . 1971 sold to Chandris and renamed Regina Magna . From 1977, she was under the name of Saudi Phil I a hotel ship in Jeddah . In 1980 she was sold as Filipinas-Saudi I to Philsimport International in Hong Kong ; On June 6, 1980, the ship sank in the Indian Ocean while it was being towed to Taiwan to be scrapped . 29,253
Samara 1894 Built by Harland & Wolff , Belfast as Staffordshire , acquired by Bibby Line in 1912 and renamed Samara , sold to Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique in 1921 , scrapped in 1922. 6,055
Sequana 1898 Built by Workman, Clark & ​​Co., Ltd. , Belfast for Ellerman Lines as City of Corinth , 1912 sold to Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique , renamed Sequana , torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U72 in 1917 . 5,443
Chartered ships
ship Construction year commitment metric tons
Atlantique 1899 Built by Messageries Maritimes , La Ciotat , chartered for touring in 1912, renamed Angkor in 1921 , scrapped in 1933. 6,479
Flandre 1914 The cargo ship Flandre was built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique , Saint-Nazaire , for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique and chartered by Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique in 1914 . It sank after contact with a sea ​​mine at the mouth of the Gironde . 8,503
Florid 1907 The cargo ship was built by Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence, Port-de-Bouc , for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique and chartered by Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique in 1915 . Captured on February 19, 1915 with 86 passengers by the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich and then sunk in the South Atlantic. 7,029
Guadeloupe 1907 The cargo ship was built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique , Saint-Nazaire , for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique and chartered by Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique in 1914 . Applied and sunk by the auxiliary cruiser Crown Prince Wilhelm on February 22, 1915. 6,586
La Champagne 1885 Built by Chantiers de Penhoët , Saint-Nazaire , built for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique and chartered by Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique in 1912 . On May 28, 1915, it ran aground when entering the port of Saint-Nazaire and broke in two. The wreck was scrapped a short time later. 7,087
Perou 1907 The cargo ship was built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique , Saint-Nazaire , for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique and chartered by Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique in 1914 . Scrapped in 1934. 6,599
Valdavia 1911 Built by Chantiers & Ateliers de Provence, Port-de-Bouc , for Société Générale de Transport Maritimes and chartered for one year by Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique in 1913 . Scrapped in 1933. 7.168

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Alain Croce: La societe generale des transports maritimes a vapeur . Marcel Didier, 2002, ISBN 978-2-910821-50-0 (French).
  2. Marie-Françoise Berneron-Couvenhes: Les Messageries Maritimes: L'essor d'une grande compagnie de navigation française, 1851-1894 . PU Paris-Sorbonne, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-84050-479-5 (French).
  3. Ladoire Trihan: La compagnie generale transatlantique, histoire de la fleet . Glénat, Grenoble 1993, ISBN 978-2-7234-1391-6 (French).
  4. ^ Pierre Maze: Bref historique de la Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Réunis. Retrieved December 6, 2016 .
  5. ^ Henk Jungeius / Ted Finch: Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique. Retrieved December 3, 2016 .