cargo ship CAMBRONNE

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 1937 - 1939

Design features

Cambronne (steel cargo ship) 1937 - 1939
hull material : ...................steel
previous name(s) of ship : ........
detailed type : ...................steel cargo ship
type of propulsion : ..............1 propeller
building year of ship : ...........1919
name of shipyard : ................Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard
place of construction : ...........Grangemouth
year of entering the fleet : ......1937
length (in meters) : ..............100,80
width (in meters) : ...............14,17
gross tonnage (in tons) : .........3058
deadweight (in tons) : ............5180
type of engine : ..................inverted, triple expansion 3 cylinders
engine power (in HP) : ............1600
nominal speed (in Knots) : ........10

History

Cargo liner of 5200t built in 1919 in Great Britain. Standard cargo liner of type "C" intended for the effort of war, ordered by the British government under the name of WAR HORIZON but delivered like CAMBRONNE to the Compagnie Nantaise des Chargeurs de l'Ouest. Twin of the GRANDLIEU ex-WAR DRUMMER. Chartered by the Transat since 1934 then acquired in 1937 at the same time as the PENERF of the same company and therefore the MARTINIÈRE, SÈVRE and GRANDLIEU of the Companie Nantaise de Navigation à Vapeur. Alloted in 1939 to the CGAM. Seized by the occupant in Bordeaux on July 1940, entrusted with management to the German shipping company Hugo Ferdinand. Damaged by an air attack in Hamburg on March 1945. Refloated and stranded. Abandoned and demolished in 1950.