Private operators using fishing boats, which were later provided with deck shelters.
Societe Granvillaise de Vedettes Vertes
LA MOUETTE
ALBATROS 1950
LE PRESIDENT QUONIAM
LA BELLE MALOUINE
BELLE DU CAP 24M 196 Passengers
Picture :
LA MOUETTE 101w 13.6k
Picture :
Arriving at Chausey. 111w 17.2k
ALBATROS
58grt 16nrt Built 1950 at Arcachon
Passengers 150
1950 July 18. First call at Jersey
1951 Again came to Jersey
Picture : 
ALBATROS with a full load of passengers. 121w 13.1k
Picture : 
121w 15.2k
Picture : Photo Mouls
Vessel when new. 2505 331k
Picture : 
ALBATROS and LA MOUETTE embarking day trippers at Chausey. 101w 20.0k
Picture :
ALBATROS and PETIT EDOUARD II at Chausey.
LE PRESIDENT QUONIAM
Operator
Builder S. & A. Niclausse, Paris 1920
Tonnage 116grt 51nrt
Dimensions 73.6’ 19’8” 9’1”
22.43m 6.03 2.77
Propulsion Single screw, 8cyl Soc Surgerienne de Const Mec, Surgeres
Passengers 188
1920 Built as tug FLAMBANY
19.. Renamed MARECHAL FOCH Owner Societe de Remorquage L. Thomas & Cie, Rouen
Last survey Rouen 7.1958
1962 Converted and renamed LE PRESIDENT QUONIAM. from Directors
78.74 19.69’ 9.2’
24m 6m 2.80draft
Single screw Poyaud 340hp 165passengers
110 tx brut
1962 July 14. Vessel is new unit to fleet
1969 Owned by Capt. M. Pierre Oheix and on Cherbourg -
Photo in E.P. About 8.5.1968.
Later info -
1970 Back at Granville
Picture
: 
101W 16.2K
Picture :
Alongside the slipway at Chausey. 136W 19.1
Picture : PHOTO ONE 804c 122k
Anchored in Chausey Sound August 28 1971
Picture :
Departing Granville 146w 15.6k
Picture :
Same picture as above, but printed the wrong way round 151w 16.9
Picture :
131w
Picture
: 
LA BELLE MALOUINE leaving Granville 116w 15.1k
Picture : 
Vessels with white hulls 121w 24.3k
LE PETIT EDOUARD II
I have found few details of when this vessel operated, but she was in service long enough to have been altered from the picture below, to how she looked when an enclosed passenger cabin had been added, see one of the montages.
Picture : “Gaby” Artaud pere & fils
LE PETIT EDOUARD II with passengers aboard, leaving Granville and towing
her dory, used for disembarkation at Chausey.
La CONFIANCE
A early private operator.
Picture : Edition Roy
CONFIANCE CH4348 At Chausey. 301w 534k
VEDETTES ARMORICAINES
This Brest based company commenced operating from Granville to Chausey in about 1969, at the same time as they opened their service between Granville and Jersey.
They probably withdrew from from the route in 1990 when they also ceased their Jersey operation.
CORNEMUSE
Builder Chantiers GLEHEN Leon, Pont l’Abbe, 1964/1965
Tonnage 74grt 32nrt 18.79m 6.19m 2.30m
Propulsion 1 x Baudouin 120cv 9kts
Passengers 160
Picture : PHOTO ONE 004 c 250k
CORNEMUSE anchored in Chausey Sound August 28 1971 101w
Picture : veritable <Francis> 201w 69.9k
A lovely picture of the vessel at sea.
Picture :
Leaving Granville 111w 16.8k
ARMEMENT LECORDIER
(VEDETTES JOLIE FRANCE)
The company was formed in 1976 by Michel and Nicole Lecordier who had JOLIE FRANCE built for the service to Chausey. The company kept expanding and gradually became the dominant operator, Vedettes Vertes only serving during the summer.
Late in 2006 JEUNE FRANCE appeared on the web site of Compagnie Corsaire, and for the 2007 season the vessel operated for a new company Compagnie des Iles Chausey, while Compagnie Corsaire’s BELLE DE CAP remained at Saint Malo.
The company had its own leaflets and a desk in the Gare Maritime, and it’s name painted on the vessel.
By 2008 JEUNE FRANCE was back with Armement Lecordier, and Compagnie Corsaire had no presence in Granville, leaving the former as the sole operator on the route.
Apart from the service from Granville , the company also operate a tour of the Chausey islands, and in 2012 introduced a tour of the Bay of Mont Saint Michel
The Lecordier’s daughter and son-
JOLIE FRANCE 1976 Sold 1994 ?
JEUNE FRANCE 1986 20m 8.5m 175 passengers 12kts
June 2010. Sold to owners at Saint-
French islands off the east coast of Canada). Shipped from
Antwerp.
JOLIE FRANCE II 1994 27m 250 passengers 12kts
JEUNE FRANCE II 2004 -
25m 8.5m 200 passengers 17kts
2013 January. Vessel to owners at Toulon.
BELLE DE DINARD 2010 Chartered for July and August.
JOLY FRANCE I 2011 280 passengers 20kts
Built Marine Concept, Granville.
2011 June 22. Transported from builders yard to quay
2011 June 23. Launched by cranes into harbour.
2011 July 1. Vessel christened.
DOUCE FRANCE 2013
Built by Marine Concept, Granville.
2013 May 22. Vessel launched by two cranes into the harbour.
JOLIE FRANCE 1976
Sold 1994 ?
Picture : 
101w 9.7k
Picture :
Leaving Granville 111w 17.0k
JEUNE FRANCE 1986 -
20m 8.5m 175 passengers 12kts
June 2010. Sold to owners at Saint-
French islands off the east coast of Canada). Shipped from Antwerp.
Picture : 
101w 15.0k
JOLIE FRANCE II 1994 -
Built 1994 Merree, Nantes sur Erdre, 7-
Dimensions 27m
Passengers 250 passengers
Speed 12 knots
2017 8 June. Last trip to Chausey, and sailed in evening for Cleggan in Ireland, having been sold to Inishbofin Island Discovery Ltd.
Pat Concannon. Vessel renamed ISLAND ADVENTURE.
Picture : PHOTO ONE 301wc
JOLIE FRANCE II Departing Granville May 22 2012.
JEUNE FRANCE II 2004 -
Built 2004
Dimensions 25m x 8.5
Passengers 200
Speed 17 knots
2013 January. Vessel sold to owners at Toulon.
Picture : PHOTO ONE 003wc 147k
JEUNE FRANCE II Departing Granville May 25 2011
Picture : IMPRIM Color
A company publicity card. 305w 1.27m
JOLY FRANCE 1 2011 -
Built 2011
Tonnage
Dimensions
Propulsion
Picture : PHOTO ONE 30wwc 112k
JOLY FRANCE I departing Granville May 22 2012.
DOUCE FRANCE 2013 -
Built by Marine Concept, Granville.
2013 May 22. Vessel launched by two cranes into the harbour.
2019 Late. Sold to Doolin Ferries (O’Brien), renamed ARAN ISLANDS EXPRESS.
Picture : © PHOTO ONE 0794k 206k
DOUCE FRANCE pictured at Granville May 22. 2013, the day the vessel was launched.
JOLY FRANCE 2017 -
Built Tulza, south of Istanbul Launched Tuesday 20 June.
Dimensions 31m 8m
Propulsion 2 x Baudoin
Picture : COPYRIGHT PHOTO ONE
JOLY FRANCE pictured at Granville on 27th September 2017.
CHAUSIAISE 2019 -
Built 2019
Tonnage
Dimensions 22m x 7m
Propulsion
2019 25 November. Made a trial trip to St. Helier. d13:35 a17:17
Photo COPYRIGHT PHOTO ONE
CHAUSIAISE entering St. Helier 6th March 2020.
Compagnie des Iles Chausey
Late in 2006 JEUNE FRANCE appeared on the web site of Compagnie Corsaire, and for the 2007 season the vessel operated for Compagnie des Iles Chausey, while Compagnie Corsaire’s BELLE DE CAP remained at Saint Malo.
The company had its own leaflets and a desk in the Gare Maritime, and it’s name painted on the vessel.
By 2008 JEUNE FRANCE was back with Armement Lecordier, and Compagnie Corsaire had no presence in Granville.
JEUNE FRANCE 1986 20m 8.5m 12kts 175 passengers
POST CARDS
Picture :
LA BELLE MALOUINE leaving with CORNEMUSE at the quay. 111w 10.88k
Picture : Normandes LE GOUBET
L to R CORNEMUSE, LA BELLE MALOUINE and BRITTANIA Pos tcard is
dated 22 August 1978. 300wa 423k
Picture :
Left to right -
alongside LE PRESIDENT QUONIAM. In the foreground JOLIE FRANCE. Note BELLE DE JERSEY is dressed overall. 101w 20.72k
MONTAGE VIEW POST CARDS
Picture :
Top left LA BELLE MALOUINE, bottom left LE PETIT EDOUARD II, bottom right CORNEMUSE with LE PRESIDENT QUONIAM in the background. 101w 22.9k
Picture :
Top left LA BELLE MALOUINE, bottom left LE PRESIDENT QUONIAM ,
bottom right CORNEMUSE. 110w 21.0k
Picture :
Top left LA BELLE MALOUINE with BELLE DU CAP in the background,
bottom left JOLIE FRANCE, bottom right BELLE DE CAP leaving for Dinard and Saint Malo. 117w 16.3k