Name: | FOUCAULD |
Type: | Passenger Refigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 17/07/1947 |
Completed: | 06/1948 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1751 |
Dimensions: | 9066grt, 4641nrt, 457.9 x 61.9 x 29.9ft |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 2SA, Doxford type, 4cyl (670 x 2330mm) |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 16.0knots |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
06/1948 | Cie Française de Navigation à Vapeur Chargeurs Réunis, Le Havre |
1948 | Cia Maritime des Chargeurs Reunis, Le Havre |
1965 | Nouvelle Compagnie de Paquebots, Le Havre |
1967 | Government of France - French Navy; renamed MOSELLE |
25/05/1978 | Broken up |
Comments: | Accommodation for 103 x 1st, 78 x 2nd & 400 x Tourist Class passengers |
1967: Converted to accommodation ship for the Pacific Test Centre | |
08/1977: Deleted from naval list and sold for breaking up | |
25/05/1978: Broken up at Brest |
Above photo as FOUCAULD is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as FOUCAULD is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as FOUCAULD is courtesy of Marine-Marchande
Above photo as MOSELLE is courtesy of Marine-Marchande