| Name: | FRANQUELIN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 04/04/1936 |
| Completed: | 05/1936 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1517 |
| Dimensions: | 2097grt, 1597nrt, 251.3 x 43.9 x 20.2ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, 6cyl (11.75 x 15.75ins), 294nhp |
| Engines by: | Sulzer Brothers Ltd, Winterthur |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
| Reg Number: | 161593 |
| History: | |
| 05/1936 | Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co Ltd, Newcastle & Montreal |
| 1964 | North Shore Shipping Lines Ltd (Jos R Bouchard), Montreal |
| 1964 | Renamed PRINCE UNGAVA |
| 1967 | Desgagnes Navigation Co Ltd (RG Desgagnes), Montreal |
| 1967 | Renamed JEAN-TALON |
| 1974 | Balboa Naviera SA, Panama; renamed SOVEREIGN OPAL |
| 1976 | Rose Bay Shipping Co Ltd, Panama (Gulf Shipping Lines, London) |
| 1976 | Renamed FALCON III |
| 1979 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 20/01/1977: Last reported sailing, Assab for Suez |
| Possibly later used for ship lightering in Pakistan | |
| 1979: Probably broken up in Pakistan |
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