cargo ship AVEYRON

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1939 - 1941

Design features

Aveyron (steel cargo ship) 1939 - 1941
hull material : ...................steel
previous name(s) of ship : ........pasteur
detailed type : ...................steel cargo ship
type of propulsion : ..............1 propeller
building year of ship : ...........1923
name of shipyard : ................F. & Ch. De la Gironde
place of construction : ...........Graville
year of entering the fleet : ......1939
length (in meters) : ..............110,60
width (in meters) : ...............14,98
gross tonnage (in tons) : .........4785
deadweight (in tons) : ............6500
type of engine : ..................inverted, triple expansion 3 cylinders
engine power (in HP) : ............2500
nominal speed (in Knots) : ........12

History

Cargo liner of 6500t, built in 1923 in Graville under the name of PASTEUR. Belongs to a series of 9 units, known as of the "4800 tons" in reference to their gross tonnage, ordered by the State with in the scope of the rebuilding of the merchant fleet after the conflict. Launched on February 3, 1923, put under the French Flag on August 10, 1923. Acquired the following year by the Compagnie des Chargeurs Français, freighted in 1925 to the Compagie Navale de l'Océanie (Ballande Shipping Compagny) for her line of New Caledonia. Bought on June 1928 by the CGAM, renamed AVEYRON and assigned to the lines of the CGT, that of the West Indies and that of Nantes-Bordeaux-Algiers-Tunis. Transferred to CGT in 1939. Transfered to Italy on 10 July 1941, renamed CAPO PINO under the control of the Cia Genovesa di Navigazione a Vapora. Seized by Germany on September 8, 1943 in Patras, renamed PETRELLA under the control of Mittelmeer GmbH. Sunk on February 8, 1944 by the British submarine SPORTSMAN off Souda Bay, Crete, making 2700 victims among the 3200 Italian prisoners of war on board.