Operator Compagnie Cote Des Isles.
Builder A. Merre, Nort sur Erdre, Yn 1119F 1972
Tonnage 112gr
Dimensions 27.0m 6.80m 5.41m
Propulsion Twin screw, Baudouin oil engines each 430 HP 12 knots
Passengers 218 passengers
AIGRETTE V first arrived in Jersey on March 25 1975 having been chartered by Compagnie Cote Des Iles for their Portbail – Gorey service. She was soon purchased by the company, and remained in service until 1984. The vessel had been built for Vedettes de l’Odet Benodet ( M. Morfort )
Compagnie Cote Des Iles bought out their rivals in 1981 and 1983 with the result that AIGRETTE V also served Carteret, and in 1984 together with LES TROIS LEOPARDS were alternated on a new service between Granville and Chausey.
On May 31 commenced on the Carteret – Gorey route, remaining until July 4 when she
sailed for Granville. She returned to Gorey from Chausey on August 18 and operated
to Carteret until September 10 1984 when she left Gorey for lay-
The vessel was sold early the following year to Societe Mechin Cornevin of Les Sables d'Olonne being renamed PARADISIER. In 1989 she moved to the Mediterranean having been acquired by Societa Maris S.r.L. and registered at Maddalena (Italy) as VIRGINA.
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Departing Gorey
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Outward bound from Gorey.
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Departing Gorey on an excursion to Sark.
Operator Carteret – Jersey Line.
Builder Blackwood & Gordon, Port Glasgow. 1878
Tonnage 111gr 62net
Dimensions 108(rl)
Propulsion Single screw, 100hp.
This vessel operated the Carteret – Jersey service in 1928, commencing on Tuesday July 17, and running through to October 2, with the Jersey agent being Mr. E. Hotton.
With little publicity it was not surprising that the number of passengers carried was well below the previous year, and added to this was the fact that she was off service from August 10 to August 15.
The vessel did not return the following year.
It is difficult to be sure the details given above, or the picture are indeed of this vessel, but the details would appear to fit the ship well.
Lloyds Register for 1927/28 give her owners as Soc Anon d’Entrep Indust de Guadelope, and her last entry in the register was in the 1931/32 edition.
No other information.
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ALCYON seen here at Saint Malo, the postcard was written on June 6 1915, thus
this could be the vessel which operated at Carteret in 1928.
ALERT (I) 1885 -
SERK 1910 -
Owner John T. Laine.
Builder J.Fullerton, Paisley. Completed 7.1885
Tonnage 1885 122gr 13net
18 122gr 37net
1890 122gr 25net
1899 139gr 23net
Dimensions 110.0(rl) 19.0 10.1
Propulsion Single screw, SR, 2 cyl 20" & 38" -
Although built for the Guernsey Steam Towing & Trading Co. Ltd., she was in fact
registered to J. T. Laine upon completion.
Launched as ALERT on June 19 1885, she ran trials on July 8.
Built for the dual role of tug and passenger vessel, she had two holds, the forward able to carry 38 tons, and the aft 12 tons. There was a saloon aft and a ladies cabin, and she was used throughout the Channel Islands but in so doing had a number of “incidents”. On June 6 1892 when off Corbiere, Jersey in fog, she hit the Jailers reef and just managed to make St.Brelades Bay for repairs to be made. On August 28 1899 when on a round Guernsey trip, she went aground near Lihou Island, then on March 24 1904 she grounded off Herm and in April 1910 she struck rocks in Rocquaine Bay when out on pilots examination.
On March 24 1904 the vessel was sold to the Guernsey Steam Towing & Trading Company, on July 14 1910 she was registered as SERK to release the name for a new vessel.
She remained in service until the end of the 1913 season and then sold to Hadji Husni, renamed HAIRDOULAH, sailing from Guernsey on October 15 bound for Turkey, and was registered at Constanpl. The new owner did not get much use from the ship, as she was sunk on July 27 1915 by the British submarine E 14 in the seas of Marmora, south east of Rodosto.
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ALERT (I) seen in Creux Harbour between July 1885 and the end of 1894.
Note the south jetty has yet to be built.
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A picture of ALERT outside Creux Harbour, before the adoption of a coloured
band on the funnel in 1900.
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Anchored at Herm, with her passengers on Rosiere Steps waiting to board.
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Moored outside Creux Harbour.
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Inside Creux Harbour.
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Wedged in the Harbour entrance at Sark.
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A nice picture with the vessel in the pier heads and the lower landing access.
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SERK in St. Peter Port.
Owner Sark Motorships Ltd.
Builder Wm Denny & Bros Ltd., Dumbarton. Yn. 640 Completed 1901
Tonnage 602gr 233net
Dimensions 195.4(rl) 28.0 14.2
Propulsion Twin screw, SR, 3cyl 13 " 20 " & 31" -
The ship arrived in Guernsey on April 6 1938, having been purchased while lying at
Blyth for the services operated from Guernsey by Sark Motorships Ltd. The following
day the ship operated an excursion to Jersey for an inter-
ARPHA was a rather a unique ship, in that she was built in 1901 as CANTERBURY for the cargo of services of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway Company at Dover. She passed to the Southern Railways in 1923, and in 1926 she was acquired by Lord Moyne and converted into a yacht, and upon completion the following year, the vessel was renamed ARPHA. She remained with him until 1938 when she was purchased for use in the Channel Islands. Initially she was owned by the Crete Shipping Co. (an associate of Sark Motorships), being registered in London on February 19 1938. Registry moved to Guernsey on April 5, and on June 22 ownership was transferred to Sark Motorships Ltd.
Her owners did not revive their services after the war, and thus the ship did not
return to the Islands though she remained registered in Guernsey. The ship was sold
in February 1946 to the Shell Company of Venezuela and her managers shown as the
Anglo-
On October 13 1950 she was sold to Venezuelan, Mr. J.M. Perez Hernandez, and her
Guernsey registry was cancelled, but she retained her name. She remained with him until October 1955, when she was sold to the North American Smelting Co. of Wilmington, Delaware where she arrived on 28th of the month to be broken up.
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A fine picture of ARPHA at sea.
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Picture above and below show ARPHA departing St. Peter Port, crowds and the
bunting would suggest the football excursion to Jersey on the day she entered
service.
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Owner Maison Allain Vallee (Compagnie Trans-
Vicomet A le Guales de Mezaubran (Jersey – France Line)
Builder Harlaw & Hollingsworth Co., Wilmington, Del 1887
Tonnage 254gr 96net
233gr 116net +
Dimensions 154(rl) 22.0 11.7
158.5 22.0 11.4 +
Propulsion Single screw, SR, 3 cyl 17" 28" & 42" -
ATTALA commenced on the Granville – Jersey service on August 25 1920 to fill the gap left by the withdrawal of the L & SW Rly from their French services from Jersey. The service was operated by Maison Allain Vallee who on September 30 extended their service to include Saint Malo. She suffered damage to her propellers on December 30 1920, and again on January 10 1921, leaving on January 13 for repairs at Cherbourg.
By March 21 1921 the service was being advertised under the title Compagnie Trans-
ATTALA then operated until the October 14, after which she only made one trip until the end of the year.
In 1922 she covered the overhaul period for the company’s other ship between mid
January and the end of March, and then made only two trips in the remainder of the
year. Her owners became bankrupt at the end of the year, but the ship must have remained
in Saint Malo, as she made four relief trips in August / September 1923 for the other
operator on the service France -
In 1924 ATTALA was a regular member of the fleet between June 7 and November 25,
and she again took up service on May 23 1925. This was to be her final season as
on October 2 1925 when on voyage from Saint Malo to Jersey in fog, the vessel went
ashore in the gutters off La Rocque, south east Jersey. Re-
The vessel had been built in 1887 as SUSQUEHANNA, appearing for the first time in Lloyds Register in the 1912/13 edition, being owned by Ocean Fisheries Co. of Wilmington, U.S.A., and remained so to the 1919/20 edition. The vessel had in fact been purchased by the French Government in 1917 and renamed ATTALA but did not appear in LR as such until the 1920/21, when her owner was the French Govermnent and her port of registry was Brest. The 1921/22 edition gave her owners as Allain & Vallee, and port of registry Granville.
The ship appeared on the 2000 set of Jersey Stamps.
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ATTALA departing Granville in the drab war colours, note a F. Le Gallais
container on the aft deck.
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Arriving Saint Malo, funnel now painted cream and much lighter paintwork on the
upper deck.
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ATTALA in Saint Malo, with the funnel colours of the Jersey -
the saloon which was added just forward of the funnel.
Owner France & Canada Cie Francaise de Nav. POR Cherbourg
Builder Allsup & Co. Ltd., Preston Yn 160 Comp 10-
Tonnage 235gr 44net
Dimensions 133.3(rl) 21.2 9.6
Propulsion Paddles, SR, 2cyl 30" -
The vessel arrived at Gorey from Carteret June 25 1925 operating for France & Canada Cie Francaise de Nav., and registered at Cherbourg.
She operated until the end of the 1926 season, and did not return.
AU REVOIR had operated the route as JERSEY, and see this entry for full history and pictures.
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AU REVOIR seen at Carteret.