JEANNE D'ARC cruiser 1931

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JEANNE D'ARC cruiser 1931

Post by aukepalmhof » Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:02 pm

On 21 June 1999 the Falkland Islands issued two stamps for the first flight over the Falkland Islands by a flying boat from the French Navy cruiser JEANNE d’ARC. The 35p depict the cruiser while the 40p depict the flying boat and most probably the cruiser in the background..

Built as a cruiser under yard No M6 by Penhoet Yard, St Nazaire, France for the French Navy.
31 August 1928 keel laid down.
14 February 1930 launched as the JEANNE d’ARC. She was the second ship in the French Navy under that name.
Displacement 6,496 tons standard, 9.200 tons full load. Dim. 170 x 17.70 x 6.40m.
Powered by two Parsons geared stem turbines, 32,000 hp, steam was supplied by four Penhoet boilers, twin screws, speed 25.5 knots.
Range by a speed of 14.5 knots, 5000 miles.
Armament: 8 – 6.1 inch/50cal in four twin turrets. 4 – 3inch guns, 6 – 40mm AA and 20 – 20mm AA guns.
Two seaplanes.
Crew 506-643, accommodation space for 156 midshipmen and 20 instructional officers.
September 1931 completed, and in October commissioned.

She was specially designed as a training cruiser for cadets of ecole Navale. The ship was basically designed along the lines of the Primauget class.
One of the first voyages under command of Captain André Marquis she made a goodwill tour to South America, she made also a call at the Falkland Islands where she arrived on 07 December 1931. On board were two seaplanes, one of which, the JA1-Cams-37A, took off from Stanley Harbour on 08 December 1931 and flew to Port Louis, a former French settlement before returning to Stanley.
This flight was recorded as the first flight ever made in the island.
1932 She made visits to some Black Sea states.

During World War II she joined the West Atlantic Naval Division, taking part in blockading German cargo ships in neutral harbours.
Late May together with the ÉMILE-BERTIN she sailed from Brest bound for Canada with on board a cargo of gold from the Bank of France.
In the Atlantic the two ships made a rendezvous with the French aircraft carrier BÉARN, where after the three ships sailed to Halifax where she safely arrived.
Thereafter she sailed to Martinique where she was interned at Guadeloupe until July 1943
Then she joined the Free French Forces.
December 1943 took part in Operation Dragoon and in Corsica.

After the war she resumed her service as a training ship, she made 27 cruises around the world before she was decommissioned in 1964

1985 Scrapped.

Falkland Islands 1999 35p sg840, scott?. 40p sg841, scott?.

Source: Falkland Islands Post info. Jane’s Wikipedia.
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SG840
SG840
SG841
SG841

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