Ar Zénith (AU2378)
The Ar Zenith is a dundee -type cargo boat built in 1939 at the Joseph Keraudren shipyard in Camaret , port of Finistère , at the western end of Brittany.
She was the first civilian ship to reach England the day after General de Gaulle 's appeal of 18 June 1940 . It has been classified as a historical monument onDecember 6, 19991 and has since been restored. It is now visible at the old arsenal of Saint-Servan ( 48° 37′ 58″ N, 2° 01′ 16″ W ) in Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine), as a pioneer boat of France free 2 .
Its registration was AU 2378 then AU 192832 (AU for the maritime district of Audierne ).
History
Plaque on a house in Île-de-Sein mentioning the Ar Zenith .
Ar Zenith ("The Zenith ", in Breton) was commissioned by the Sénans Jean-Marie Menou (owner-owner), Ambroise Spinec and Martin Fouquet to be used for the delivery of mail from the Ile de Sein , from ' Audierne , twice a week.
theJune 19, 19403 , he left Audierne for the island of Sein, carrying a large number of young people (including Jacques Le Gall , who died aged 100 onOctober 30, 2021in Saint-Malo and his brother Alexis Le Gall ), 15 mountain hunters and Lieutenant Emmanuel Dupont. This one requisitions the ship, unloads the civilians, except the crew of four men and the dundee sails towards England. Arrived in Plymouth on21st of June, the boat was incorporated into the Royal Navy under the authority of the Free French Naval Forces (FNFL) and the four Senan sailors joined the Free French Forces (FFL). Based in Falmouth , the ship was amputated from its mizzen mast and became a sloop assigned to the transport of munitions and night missions off the British coast.
Ar Zenith is released onNovember 28, 1945. He is recovered by the Senans at Newlyn . Re-masted as at its origin, it takes to the sea towards the island of Sein. After its renovation at the Keraudren shipyard, it resumed its postal service between the island and the continent.
In 1949, it was transformed into a coaster . It carries sand, granite and cut stones for the reconstruction of the city of Brest . She was decommissioned in 1978.
It was bought by Pierre Pinel, a former sailor in the Free French Naval Forces (FNFL), who made it his main residence while restoring it.
InJune 1990, on his return from the ceremonies of the 50th anniversary of General de Gaulle's call to the Ile de Sein, Pierre Pinel fails Ar Zenith , theJune 26, 1990, on a pitfall in the entrance to the port of Roscoff . Remaining stranded for a few days, the damage to the boat worsened. The estimate of the work being too important, it is the General Council of Finistère which has the necessary work carried out, pending its classification as a historical monument because of its historical past. Its owner refuses this classification which is too restrictive, has it dismasted in Roscoff, then goes up the Penzé river to beach it on a mud bank, near Taulé .
Ar Zénith (AU2378)
The Ar Zenith is a dundee -type cargo boat built in 1939 at the Joseph Keraudren shipyard in Camaret , port of Finistère , at the western end of Brittany.
She was the first civilian ship to reach England the day after General de Gaulle 's appeal of 18 June 1940 . It has been classified as a historical monument onDecember 6, 19991 and has since been restored. It is now visible at the old arsenal of Saint-Servan ( 48° 37′ 58″ N, 2° 01′ 16″ W ) in Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine), as a pioneer boat of France free 2 .
Its registration was AU 2378 then AU 192832 (AU for the maritime district of Audierne ).
History
Plaque on a house in Île-de-Sein mentioning the Ar Zenith .
Ar Zenith ("The Zenith ", in Breton) was commissioned by the Sénans Jean-Marie Menou (owner-owner), Ambroise Spinec and Martin Fouquet to be used for the delivery of mail from the Ile de Sein , from ' Audierne , twice a week.
theJune 19, 19403 , he left Audierne for the island of Sein, carrying a large number of young people (including Jacques Le Gall , who died aged 100 onOctober 30, 2021in Saint-Malo and his brother Alexis Le Gall ), 15 mountain hunters and Lieutenant Emmanuel Dupont. This one requisitions the ship, unloads the civilians, except the crew of four men and the dundee sails towards England. Arrived in Plymouth on21st of June, the boat was incorporated into the Royal Navy under the authority of the Free French Naval Forces (FNFL) and the four Senan sailors joined the Free French Forces (FFL). Based in Falmouth , the ship was amputated from its mizzen mast and became a sloop assigned to the transport of munitions and night missions off the British coast.
Ar Zenith is released onNovember 28, 1945. He is recovered by the Senans at Newlyn . Re-masted as at its origin, it takes to the sea towards the island of Sein. After its renovation at the Keraudren shipyard, it resumed its postal service between the island and the continent.
In 1949, it was transformed into a coaster . It carries sand, granite and cut stones for the reconstruction of the city of Brest . She was decommissioned in 1978.
It was bought by Pierre Pinel, a former sailor in the Free French Naval Forces (FNFL), who made it his main residence while restoring it.
InJune 1990, on his return from the ceremonies of the 50th anniversary of General de Gaulle's call to the Ile de Sein, Pierre Pinel fails Ar Zenith , theJune 26, 1990, on a pitfall in the entrance to the port of Roscoff . Remaining stranded for a few days, the damage to the boat worsened. The estimate of the work being too important, it is the General Council of Finistère which has the necessary work carried out, pending its classification as a historical monument because of its historical past. Its owner refuses this classification which is too restrictive, has it dismasted in Roscoff, then goes up the Penzé river to beach it on a mud bank, near Taulé .