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Registration number
2642
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Service Vessel
Subfunction
Launch
Location
France
Vessel type
Harbour Service
Archive reason
Overseas Watch List
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Bolson, J & Sons Ltd, Poole
Built in
1948
Rig
Gaff Ketch
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Dimensions
Length: Overall
72.18 feet
(5.18m)
Breadth: Beam
4.00 feet
(1.22m)
Depth
2.00 feet
(0.61m)
Air Draft
19.00 feet
(5.79m)
Tonnage: Gross
32.00
History
LES CHEMINS DU VENT was built by Bolson & Son of Poole and is a motor vessel of timber construction. After completion in 1948 the vessel was donated to the French government at the behest of the British government to help clear Boulogne harbour of bombs and sunken ships following the Second World War.
Subsequently the vessel was sold into private ownership in France and is now based at Marseilles.
Update, February 2023: LES CHEMINS DU VENT is now owned by the NGO Armada of Resilience who are renovating the vessel in the south of France.
Although this vessel is on the Overseas Watch List, we are lacking information about this particular vessel. If you have any information about this vessel, past or present, please contact us.
Key dates
-
1948
Vessel built by Bolson & Son, Poole
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