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GLANEUSE

Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1888

Object NameSCREW STEAMER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 95' x breadth 20.1' x depth 7.9'
gross tonnage 147 tons

Object numberABDSHIP001217

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 330
Subsequent Name: FEOMVEUR (1931)

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1954.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw steamer, 1 deck, machinery aft

Owners:
1888-1913: Chevillotte Frères, registered at Brest.
1920: Société de Sauventage, Brest.
1923: Sauvion & Co. Brest.
1931: A. Gourio, Brest.
1951: Cie Aunisienne de Pêche et de Transp. (Christian Chaig-Neau Manager), Rochelle.

Masters:
1888-93: Master Godebert
1898-1913: Master LeFloch

General History:
25/12/1888:
Built for highest class on the Bureau Veritas for Messrs Chevillotte Freres, Brest, is employed in their passenger and cargo trade on coast of France.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)

20/11/1896:
After torpedo boat 61 collided with and sank torpedo boat 83 off Cap de la Chèvre, a merchant steamer La GLANEUSE, went to assistance of 61, which had sustained serious damage and stood by her until arrival of tug.
(Pall Mall Gazette)

Machinery 2 cylinder, compound 15" and 36" diameters - 20" stroke, 34 WHP, by A. Hall & Co.