A number of ships have been named Flandre or La Flandre. They include:
- SS Flandre (1886), a cargo ship built in 1886 as Tijuca, renamed Valdivia in 1896, Tom G Corpi in 1908, and Flandre in 1909 and scrapped in 1927.[1]
- PS La Flandre (1888), a Belgian State Railway paddle ferry, serving Dover-Ostend, sunk as a blockship in 1918.[2]
- SS La Flandre (1888), an early oil tanker, sunk in 1916.[3]
- SS Flandre (1889), a cargo ship built as Saint Fergus, with French owners from 1908 as Flandre, and wrecked in 1920.[4]
- SS Flandre (1913), an ocean liner built in 1913 for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT) and sunk by a mine in 1940.
- SS Flandre (1951), an ocean liner built in 1951 for CGT, renamed Carla C in 1968, Carla Costa in 1986 and Pallas Athena in 1992, and scrapped in 1994.
Naval ships
edit- French ironclad Flandre, commissioned 1865
- French battleship Flandre, launched 1914, but scrapped incomplete
References
edit- ^ Cooper, James; Kludas, Arnold; Pein, Joachim (1989). The Hamburg South America Line. Kendal: The World Ship Society. p. 31. ISBN 0-905617-50-9.
- ^ Hasenson, Alec (1980). The History of Dover Harbour. London: Aurum Special Editions. p. 422. ISBN 0-906053-17X.
- ^ "La Flandre". Tyne Built Ships. Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ "Saint Fergus". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
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