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Completed 03.14 by Normand, Le Havre, for Lobez, Poret & Cie., Boulogne.
http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/show/48402

Cordialement
Klaus Günther

I always thought a "Goélette" is a small sailing ship?
Cordialement
Klaus Günther

According to my sources the "Marne" rayé in 1957 was the former German "M 442", ceded to France after WW II??

Mais non, un grand cargo!
http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/show/18769

<t>Merci, Franck.<br/> According to Lloyd's she was built as Japanese "Yebisu Maru No. 3" and renamed "Shimonoseki Maru" before she was sold to the French Navy.<br/> After her war service she became "Saint Corentin II" and later "Alpha II". Sold to Italy she was first named "Città di Reggio". In 193...

<r>The French Navy in 1916 bought from Japan 34 small vessels, mostly trawlers, for use as patrol boats. One of these ships was the "Capucine", built in 1911. She was disposed of in 1919. After several sales she served in World War II as Italian "Vincenzo Onorato" with the pennant "F. 70". <br/> The...

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=134803
the yacht partly visible on the picture is said to be the former "Hélène".
A Bientot
Klaus Günther

Thanks, Franck.
And Le Havre would fit with a note I found that she was owned by Chargeurs Réunis in 1917, even if I don't know why this company should have a yacht (or did they intend to convert her into a small cargo ship?).
Bon dimanche aussi
Klaus Günther

Yes, that's the third railway bridge, the bridge of Hochdonn near the western (Brunsbüttel) end of the canal. Another picture with a train on the bridge:
http://www.nordsee25.de/bilder/tazman/Hochdonn01.JPG

<t>The steam yacht "Hélène", 378 tjb, built in 1901 by Soc. Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, Le Havre, was requisitioned in World War I. It served from 1917 to 1918 as flagship of the Senior Officer Aegean Patrol Force.<br/> In 1930 the ship is listed in Lloyd's register of yachts as French "...