Antoinette

A four-masted steel barque built in 1896 by Forges et chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne. Dimensions 98,19×13,88×7,72 meters [322'2"×45'7"×25'4"] and tonnage 3017 GRT and 2434 NRT. Rigged with royal sails over double top- and topgallant sails.

1896 October 20: Launched at the shipyard of Forges et chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, for Ant. Dom. Bordes et fils, Dunkerque. Captain P. Engrand.
1917 October 4: Under command of Captain P. Lechevanton she was able to defended herself successfully against a German submarine.
1919 December 21: Wrecked on the Serrena Rocks, Nicaragua, on voyage from Iquique with a nitrate cargo to New York by route of the Panama Canal.

Updated 1996-12-29 by Lars Bruzelius

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