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Sunday, 8 November 2026

French steam fishing vessel Chanchardon on 14 July 1940

In his letter dated Rochefort, France 14 July 1940 5/40 G the German Leiter der Küstenüberwachungstelle West-Frankreich (Head coastal surveillance station West-France supplied the German commanding admiral France more details about the French steam fishing vessels lying at La Rochelle and La Pallice as requested by telegram A III 1082 Secret. Owner Oskar Dahl&Co. Gross register tonnage 309,54 ton. Dimensions 38,07 x 7,26 x 3,72 metres. Load capacity 150 tons. Speed 10 nautical miles. Horsepower 480 hp.(1)

Note

1. Lloyd’s Register 1939-1940. Gross tonnage 299 tons, net tonnage 93 tons and built by Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd., South Bank, Middlesbrough, England in December 1915. Called Chancardon II. Ex-Helene Castle.

Source

Bundesarchive RM 45-IV_848. 

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