Ville de Havre

A four-masted steel barque built in 1899 by Forges et chantiers de la Meditérranée, Le Havre. Dimensions: 95,09×13,81×7,46 meters [312'0"×45'4"×24'6"] and tonnage: 3215 GRT and 2428 NRT.

Rigged with royal sails over double top and topgallant sails.

Sistership to the same owner's fourmasted barque Ville de Mulhouse (1899).

1899 July 24: Launched at the shipyard of Forges et chantiers de la Meditérranée, Le Havre, for Compagnie des Voiliers Havrais (H. Genestal & fils), Le Havre. Captain A. Testulat.
1899 October 31: Sailed from Le Havre to Saigon with a cargo of briquettes, but had to turn back after ten days when some loose rivets were found in the hull.
1902: Stranded during a tornado at Poro, New Caledonia, but could be re-floated and repaired.
1902: Sailed from Batavia to Rotterdam in 90 days.
1905: Stranded at Noumea, New Caledonia, but could also this time be re-floated with the help of the steamer St Antoine.
1909: Sold to Société Générale Nouvelle d'Armement, Nantes.
1916 March 1: Left Ipswich for Buenos Ayres under command of Captain E. Ybert.
1916 March 8: Sunk by a German submarine U 32 off Ushant in position 48°48'N, 6°36'W.

Updated 1997-05-20 by Lars Bruzelius.

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