The year's Vaka Tafa'aga race in 'Uvea used to occur on National Day, 14th July

Length 64 metres
Beam 10.5 metres
Draught 4.9 metres
Propulsion 650 shp steam engine
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Speed 12 knots
Complement 107 men
Armament

6 × 140 mm guns
2 × 90 mm guns
4 × 37 mm Hotchkiss guns
Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ship_Eure_(1886)

New issue in 2026

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliner_Origin The Neoliner must provide up to 12 rotations per year between Saint-Nazaire and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. Its capacity reaches 5 000 tonnes of goods. Specifically, it is a question of transporting freight, agricultural equipment, construction machinery,...

Scrapped in M%ay 2017.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Kaisen_(Schiff) (in German)

1700 passengers in two classes. Source : Ambrose Greenway, "a century of cross-channel passenger ferries"

Watercraft Philately gives the following: 1847 - Buchanan, Hamilton and Co., Glasgow, England; Alex Hall & Co., Aberdeen, England; Gt. 149; 101. 7' x 10.2' x 13.1'. The Falkland Islands Company was granted a charter in January 1852 and began regular trading between the Islands, South American co...

TAAF 2017

In Dunkirk, the statue