Jeanette Françoise

A four-masted steel barque built in 1892 by J. & K. Smit, Krimpen aan de Lek. Dimensions: 80,16×13,41×8,22 meters [263'0"×44'0"×27'0"] and tonnage: 2292 GRT and 2231 NRT. Rigged with royal sails over double top and single topgallant sails.

1892 November 30: Launched at the shipyard of J. & K. Smit, Krimpen aan de Lek, for P. van de Hoog, Krimpen aan de Lek. Captain R. Bleeker was given command of the ship.
1907: Sold to C.J. Lels, Rotterdam.
1910: Sold to J.A. Vroege, Rotterdam. Captain Gool Visser was appointed master of the ship.
1912 November 25: Sold to C. Krabbenhöft & Bock, Hamburg, and was renamed Carl. Assigned the German signal RPNJ. The new German measurements were: 83,66×13,46×7,56 meters which gave 2266 GRT. Captain August Schröer (1868-1916) was given command of the ship.
1914: Interned at Antofagasta.
1920: Assigned to France as war damage compensation.
1920: Sailed from Antofagasta to Cette in 196 days with a cargo of nitrate under command of Capt. Kähler..
1922: Sold to A/S Souvenir (O. Kverndal & Co. mgrs), Tvedestrand, Norway, for £ 950 and was renamed Souvenir. Captain Berntsen, late of the same owner's ship ???, replaced Captain Schröer who had drowned in 1916.
1924: Sold to ship breakers at Terneutzen for £ 3150.
1925: Broken up.

References:

Four- and five masted ships, general references.
Tandberg, Arne: (Personal communication).
Bergen, 1997.

Updated 1997-05-10 by Lars Bruzelius.

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