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Thursday 27 October 2022

French trawler Madeleine Louise (B.2470) 1948->1955



Damaged in a collision with the Icelandic merchant ship Godafoss on the Westerschelde, Netherlands on 20 January 1954

France-flagged, call sign FNPF. Gross tonnage 394 tons, under deck 316 tons, net tonnage 142 tons and as dimensions 142.9 x 27.1 x 12.6 feet. Built by Atelier&Chantiers de France, Dunkirk, France in 1948 and owned by Pollet Frères, Boulogne, France. Oil-fuelled. The Dutch newspaper de Vrije Zee dated Thursday 21 January 1954 reported that she collided on Wednesday afternoon around 14:00 o’clock in thick foggy weather off the Zuiderhoofd, Westkappelle, Netherlands. Damaged and with a wounded crew member she was forced to enter the harbour of Vlissingen, Netherlands.

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