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Bonsoir à toutes et à tous,

Voici un marin des Bâtiments de Servitude de Lorient (dont la fiche MDH n'est pas très précise) qui est mort loin de chez lui :

CAILLOSSE ou CAILLOCE Joseph Marie né le 25/12/1890 à Languidic (Morbihan), Quartier Maître Canonnier - Décédé le 29/09/1917 (26 Ans) à bord du TRASOS MONTES à Durban (Afrique du Sud) d'une Chute dans la cale

http://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense ... 1631498366

Quelqu'un à t-il des informations sur le TRASOS-MONTES ? , navire Portugais ?

Cordialement
Dominique

"Tras-Os-Montes" was the former German passenger vessel "Bülow", seized in 1916 by Portugal:
http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship ... No=5602600

Thank you Kgvm for your reply

Best regards
Dominique

Bonjour

BULOW / TRAS-OS-MONTES / NYASSA 1906
Built 1906 as the 9,028 gross ton ship BULOW for North German Lloyd, Bremen. Dimensions - length 462.4ft x beam 57.6ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw, speed 14 knots. Accommodation for 108-1st, 106-2nd and 1,828-3rd class passengers. Launched by J.C.Tecklenborg, Geestemunde on 21st Apr.1906, she started the first of 18 Bremen - Far East voyages on 26th Sep.1906. On 23rd Jan.1907 she commenced her first of three Australia sailings and on 11th Jan.1908 started her first New York voyage. Here fifth and last voyage on this service started on 25th Jan.1913 and on 23rd Jul.1914 she sailed for the Far East but took refuge in Portugal on the outbreak of the Great War. Seized by Portugal in 1916, she was renamed TRAS-OS-MONTES and in 1922 was laid up at Lisbon. Sold to Companhia Nacional de Navegaceo in 1924, she was renamed NYASSA and used mostly on the South America service. Between 1940-1944 she made 14 round voyages between Lisbon, New York, Baltimore or Philadelphia as well as South American voyages. Laid up at Lisbon in Nov.1949, she was scrapped at Blyth in 1951. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.568; vol.4,p.1669] [South Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor]


D'aprés le site http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descr ... hipsB.html

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Bonjour

Une image de trés mauvaise qualité du NYASSA (ex TRAS OS MONTES, ex BULOW)




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Bonsoir

Un site avec une silhouette du TRAS OS MONTES

http://naviosenavegadores.blogspot.com/ ... stado.html

L'info vient d'Alain JAMET





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Bonjour,

Bonsoir

Sur le site http://www.ambafrance-mt.org/ (Ambassade de France à Malte), il y a un relevé des marins et soldats enterrés à MALTE

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SOLDATS ENTERRES AU CIMETIERE DE L’ADOLARATA

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KOGO Augustin, matelot chauffeur sénégalais du vapeur portugais « TRAS OS MONTES », décédé le 18 décembre 1917

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Bonjour,

Une photographie du TRAZ OS MONTES :


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