4 mst. bark ALEXANDRE fotograferet efter søsætning 1902.
Kommentar fra Henk de Winde, 11.09.2025:
the ALEXANDRE was a Bordés owned sailing vessel, and near sistership of the ALPHONSE and did sink.
Launched on 22.6.1902 in Dunkirk at ACF, she was in tow of tug ATLAS from Dunkirk to N?Shields in the UK. She left Dunkirk 18.11.1903 and in a hurricane force wind the tow broke away. Although the ATLAS and another tug the INDUSTRIE searched for her for 12 days, she was never found. 33 seamen lost their lives.... No further data on the ALEXANDRE found.
But as to the tug in the photograph, she is certainly French and "Dunkerquois" because the photograph is absolutely taken in Dunkirk at the ACF yard.
ABEILLE must therefore be attending the launching of the fully-rigged ALEXANDRE on 22 June 1902.
The tug data from my collection:
ABEILLE
In service: 1902–1907
Owner: Société Dunkerquoise de Remorquage et de Sauvetage - Dunkirk
Built: 1876
Yard: Establissements Barbot - Le Havre
Dimensions: ..,.. x 20,.. x .,.. x 3.15 x .,.. m
Tonnage: 37 nrt
Callsign: H.B.D.N.
Engine: 2-cylinder Compound from Société de Construction Navale
Power: 220 ipk (other source: 315 ipk)
Purchased: In 1902 as ABEILLE 5 from Societé de Remorquage et de Sauvetage "Les Abeilles" - Le Havre
Lost: On 23-08-1907, during a voyage from Dunkirk to Oskarhamn to pick up a tug (LIVORNON) destined for scrapping, she was struck amidships by the German MINERVA and sunk at the entrance to the Elbe River. Of the 12 crew members, two were rescued: engineer Gaston Smette and seaman Guenaff.
Data from Urbain Ureel, David Asprey and Henk de Winde
Foto fra en ekspedition til Sydpolen med M/S OLUF SVEN der var chartret af den britiske regering.
Stemningsbilleder fra afsejling sansk havn. Chartret til britisk ekspedition.
3-mst. bark SIGYN af Halmstad.
Bygget i Göteborg, sejlede under svensk flag fra 1877 til 1927, først fra Göteborg, senere Halmstad og Raa.
Efter forlis i 1913 ombygget til skonnert.
Se også :
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigyn_(1887)
Udsnit af maleri af P.C.Holm 1869 (på Altenauer Museum).
Barkentine ERNST DREYER søsat 1869 som byggenr. 100 på Ernst Dreyers værft i Altona.
Vist ældste billede af dåb med gudmor og flaske.
Bugserbåden GEIR.
Beslaglagt 1940-04-09 i Tanger, beordret til Gibraltar, opbragt af fransk krigsskib undervejs og ført til Casablanca. Lå sidst i april 1940 i Casablanca.
