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Monday, 9 November 2026

French steam fishing vessel Ile de France 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 321,23 ton. Dimensions 39,89 x 7,03 x 3,76 metres. Load capacity 200 tons. Speed 10 nautical miles. Horsepower 550 hp.(1)

Note

1. Lloyd’s Register 1939-1940. Gross tonnage 321 tons, under deck 275 tons, net tonnage 117 tons and built by A. Halle&Co., Aberdeen, Scotland in November 1914.

Source

Bundesarchive RM 45-IV_848. 

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