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F-83320 Carqueiranne

 

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Vanua known as Shooshoonet; a Pinscher at the Saint-Louis careenage (March 2006)

The fleet at the dive site of East Escampobariou

Saint-Louis painting fom Claudine Leprince

(copyright - collection Bertrand Martin-Garin)

 

The fleet at the dive site East Fourmigue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE FLEET

SAINT-LOUIS - Wooden lauch built in 1961. She transported passengers between the Marseille Harbor and the Frioule Islands and was named Margnat III. Saint-Louis moored on the Carqueiranne Harbor in 1972 where she took her final name and began her long career of carrier diver propelled by her origial Baudouin D motor. She became the emblem of Carqueiranne and the Saint-Louis festival (August). Many accomplished divers, sometimes become instructors on her deck, made their first dive hanging her ladder and her hull made of iroko. Saint Louis measures 13m80 and gauges 14.12 tons. Saint Louis is approved for 39 divers ( 40 persons)

 

HADDOCK - Aluminum lauch with IVECO 8361 motor built in 1994 (9m48 long for 3.12 tons). Haddock transports 24 divers (25 persons)

 

SAINT-ANDRE - Polyester lauch with IVECO motor, built in 2001 (7m85 long for 3.47 tons). Saint-André transports 13 divers (14 persons)

 

     
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