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SINDH 1956-1976 (1979)
Sources:
Historique de la flotte des Messageries Maritimes du commandant Lanfant
Le grand Siècle des Messageries Maritimes du Dr Paul Bois Tome V
Encyclopédie des Messageries Maritimes de Philippe Ramona (site sur le web)
Le forum des anciens des Messageries. De nombreuses photographies, anecdotes et précisons sont régulièrement mises en ligne.
Monsieur Xavier Escallier qui a très amicalement mis à ma disposition sa collection de cartes postales des Messageries.
Les différents sites internet sur la marine marchande, qu'ils soient Britanniques, Espagnols, Français ou autres.
Différents ouvrages personnel sur l'histoire de la marine marchande française.
Indexe (1) : Données du commandant Lanfant dans ouvrage.
Indexe (2) : Données du Docteur Paul Bois dans son ouvrage.
Indexe (3) : Données de Mr Philippe Ramona sur son site web
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4ème de la série de 10 des cargos de 8300 tonnes de port en lourd de Type F commandés à partir de 1954
Construit par les chantiers et Ateliers de Provence de La Ciotat
1956 le 4 février: Lancement Commandant du navire durant la construction Pailhes. Marraine Mme Ludovic Tron.
1956 Livré le 21 juin: à Marseille
CARACTÉRISTIQUES :
Navire à Shelter deck, 3 ponts continus. La méthode de construction soudée a été largement employée.
Longueur: 148,99 mHT et 139,06 m PP
Largeur: 18.8 m
Jauge brute 7000 tjb 7051 tjb (2)
Jauge nette: (2) 3887 tn
Port en lourd 9000 tonnes, - 9090 t (2)
Déplacement: 13800 t
Capacité 15000 m3 dont 600m3 en 3 cuves pour le latex ou l'huile et 120 m3 en cales frigos.(NB avant chaque chargement (agrumes – pommes –poires ou viande congelée ou ''child'' selon les lignes) par ozonisation.
Cales: 5
Manutention: Cales desservies par 10 mâts de charge de5 tonnes, 4 de 10 t et 2 bigues de 30 et 60 tonnes.
Fermetures par panneaux Mac Gregor single pull.
Ventilation des cales: système cargocaire
PROPULSION :
1 moteur Burmeister et Wain 2 temps simple effet, 9 cylindres 974 VTF 160
Combustible: Fuel lourd à la mer en Route Libre. Manœuvres au Diesel oil.
Puissance: 8300 cv a 115 t/mn
Vitesse: 18 nds aux essais et 16 nds en service
1 hélice accouplement fixe.
1 cheminée.
ÉLECTRICITÉ:
3 Groupes électrogènes Allen Dujardin de 250 Kw et 220 v
1 Chaudière de récupération à la mer de 2000 k/h sous 4 bars
1 Chaudière de mouillage Menpenti au fuel de 1000 k/h sous 4 bars au port.
PERSONNEL :
État-major 10 Officiers
Équipage: 23 hommes, réduit à 17 hommes en 1970.(accord tripartites Armement - Syndicats - État)
Pas de conditionnement d'air à bord.
PASSAGERS :
Passagers 6 - supprimés en 1970 avec la réduction d'effectif.
LIGNE :
1956 le 16 Juillet: Départ de Marseille du voyage inaugural
1956 août Mis en service sur la ligne Hambourg- Philippines/Japon puis la ligne de Chine.
1962 Mis en service sur la ligne du Sud Est Asiatique
ÉVÉNEMENTS :
1956 Marseille Avarie de vireur du Moteur. Réparation provisoire. 2 j. de retard.
1956 KOBE Réparation définitive du vireur. 10 j. de retard.
1961 le 11 décembre: Appareillant d'Anvers par coup de vent, heurte la drague FABIOLA. Avaries peu importantes.
1962 le 16 janvier: Relâche à Messine pour débarquer le matelot Chi Haoui atteint d'une appendicite aiguë.
1963 le 10 février: En accostant à Sihanoukville occasionne des avaries importantes à l'appontement et à sa coque.
1964 le 3 janvier: Au large de Terneuzen par temps de brume, il aborde le pétrolier BORDER FUSILIER. Peu d'avaries.
1964 le 26 décembre: En prenant avec le pilote le chenal de l'Escaut-Oriental il s'échoue. Fais appel verbalement en hollandais à deux remorqueurs Hollandais qui le déséchoue. Contrat verbal d'assistance transformé en contrat de simple remorquage par Monsieur Roch Ménés inspecteur de la Compagnie.
1965 le 27 décembre: En déhalant à Anvers, heurte avec son étrave, celle du britannique ELYSIA. Légères avaries.
1966 le 2 décembre: En remontant le Donaï (rivière de Saïgon) il est mitraillé et canonné. De nombreux impacts, un obus de mortier non explosé dans le local mâtereau où sont entreposées les bouteilles de gaz Oxygène et acétylène. Carré des officiers (venant juste d'être évacué) vitres des sabords sont complètement pulvérisées. Un éclat de mortier dessertis le hublot du Second Capitaine et vient se planter sous le lit où celui-ci faisait la sieste. Il n'y aura heureusement que deux blessés légers.
1967. 5 juin: Commandant Touchard. En convoi vers la Méditerranée bloqué dans le canal lors de l'attaque Israélienne avec 12 autres navires.
1967 le 17 juin: Le consul de France se rend à bord 3 Officiers et 21 hommes sur 45 en tout seront rapatriés le 27 juin. Ensuite relève tous les 6 mois d'un noyau d'équipage, pour l'entretien du navire et appareiller pour faire un tour du Lac Amer et essayer les appareils.
1968 le 8 février: J'y embarquerai comme second mécanicien via Le Caire et Ismaïlia avec le chef mécanicien Prédal Adolphe ainsi que 3 ou 4 autres membres de l'équipage. (Plus de souvenir des noms) Escale à Rome, puis Rome Le Caire (nous étions les seuls passagers). Arrivée au Caire pour la nuit. Départ le lendemain pour Ismaïlia. En pleine zone de guerre.
RETRAIT et FIN:
1967 le 5 juin: Attaque Israélienne contre l'Égypte. Le convoi montant (vers la Méditerranée) est bloqué dans le Grand Lac Amer du Canal de Suez. Commandant Touchard.
1970 Août: Abandon du navire et du fret.
1970 Août: Vendu par les assurances en Norvège comme épave pour la somme de 305.000 £.
1970 en août: Prend le nom de ESSAYONS reste bloqué dans le Grand Lac Amer.
1975 Vendu à sa sortie du Canal à l'Arabie Saoudite il prend le nom de BADR.
1983 Disparaît des listes du Lloyd.
Location: Hyderabad, Sindh.
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A girl within the government dispensary in the village of Muhammad Khan Malkani, Sindh, Pakistan on June 30, 2011.
High School Girls BasketBall Halfcourt in Hala Sindh, Oct14, 2012
Inauguration ceremony of Basketball Half Court at Government Girls High School, Hala Old, District Matiari, Province of Sindh, Pakistan
In loving memory of: (Late) Siddique and Hanifa Dawood
Gifted by: Mr and mrs Mohammad Hussain Rokeria
Organized by: Sindh Health & Education Development Society (SHEDS)
In Association with:
Shaan Technologies (Pvt) KEPZ Karachi Pakistan
LEDtronics, USA
UNDP – GEF – SGP Pakistan
All Basketball equipment, Solar LED Area Lights built and installed by ShaanTech
This is in continuation of the “Barefoot BasketBall” on Half Clay Court socio economic poverty alleviation empowerment program initiated by Pervaiz Lodhie on May12th at Deenar Khan Talpur Village, Badin District of Sindh.
High School Girls BasketBall Halfcourt in Hala Sindh, Oct14, 2012
Inauguration ceremony of Basketball Half Court at Government Girls High School, Hala Old, District Matiari, Province of Sindh, Pakistan
In loving memory of: (Late) Siddique and Hanifa Dawood
Gifted by: Mr and mrs Mohammad Hussain Rokeria
Organized by: Sindh Health & Education Development Society (SHEDS)
In Association with:
Shaan Technologies (Pvt) KEPZ Karachi Pakistan
LEDtronics, USA
UNDP – GEF – SGP Pakistan
All Basketball equipment, Solar LED Area Lights built and installed by ShaanTech
This is in continuation of the “Barefoot BasketBall” on Half Clay Court socio economic poverty alleviation empowerment program initiated by Pervaiz Lodhie on May12th at Deenar Khan Talpur Village, Badin District of Sindh.
Water & Light at Sassi Mazar Balochistan May30, 2015
SUN SHINES IN THE NIGHT
Sassi punnu mausoleum got Solar Energy
Every year thousands of peoples from various parts of Sindh, Baluchistan and Punjab gather at the shrine of Sassi and Punnu in Singher village to attend a 3 days carnival. Singher village is , 52 Kilometers away from Hub town. Singher means chain, as the village is surrounded by the chain of hills where it is believed that Sassi and Punnu were buried under a landslide.
Before the monsoon a carnival organizing committee receives donation from the Baloch tribal chiefs of Sindh and Balochistan to bear the expenditures of the event. Collected funds are mostly used for providing food, water and accommodation to all the devotees there. Sufi Faqirs (singers) from Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab travel to perform songs on the occasion to pay homage to Sassi Punnu, the popular tragic romance of Sindh and Balochistan. Besides folk songs, a traditional Sindhi game malakhro similar to Japanese wrestling sumo also attracts a large number of the people to come there.
Lands from mountains with old graves scattered in the area and rainy water ways are quite difficult to cross for the travellers. Despite this, devotees, males and females, travel long distance to visit the site the entire year. For the local people, camel is the only means of transport and people gather there during the occasion.
There is only one well, which is useful for the communities otherwise the entire area underground water level is unsafe for human consumption. In case the area receives monsoon rains the people use rainy water from ponds.
For the benefit of peoples living in surroundings as well as devotees who visit during carnival and over the year, Masood Lohar, country Manager UNDP, GEF small grant program decided to use solar energy for providing clean and safe water and lighting on the mausoleum.
On 30th May 2015, Shaan Technologies Private Limited installed a 3 HP Solar Powered pump on a 250 ft deep well that is located near the tomb. Operating on a 3 kilowatt solar panel bank this pump provide 30 Gallon water per minutes & eliminates requirement of diesel generator operated pump that organizing committee previously used to supply water during the festival.
Now solar pump serves as a continuous source of clean water without any additional cost. A water tank is provided to store pumped water. This tank helped as a 24 hours ready source of water for the local people.
In addition to that 2 solar powered floodlights were also installed in front yard of tomb. These 14 watt LED lights runs on a 35 watt solar panel that provide sufficient power to run LED lamps up to 12 hours. Dusk to Dawn photo sensors is also used in the system that automatically turns on the light just before the sunset and turns off at dawn. This project was financed by the UNDP GEF Small grant program. Lodhie foundation contributed 10% cost of the project under its poverty alleviation initiative.
Project Summary
Location: Sassi Punnu Moseleum, Singher Village, Near Hub Dam, Baluchistan
Coordinates: 25°18'41"N 66°53'21"E
Nearby cities: Karachi, Hub City, Sonmiani / Winder city
Initiated By: UNDP, GEF Small Grant Program in association of Lodhie Foundation
Implemented by: Shaan Technologies Private Limited Karachi
Implantation Date: 30Th May 2015
Equipment installed:
(1) One 3HP DC Submersible water pump with 3KW Solar panels and Pump Controller
(2) Two Solar Powered LED Floodlights
Beneficiaries: Up to 2500 people living in the Singher village and surroundings
Folktale of Sassi & Punnu
Sassi Punnu is a famous folktale of love told in the length and breadth of Sindh, Pakistan. The story is about a faithful wife who is ready to undergo all kinds of troubles that would come her way while seeking her beloved husband who was separated from her by the rivals
Sassi was the daughter of a Brahman Hindu Rajah from Rohri . Upon Sassui's birth, astrologers predicted that she was a curse for the royal family’s prestige. The Raja ordered that the child be put in a wooden box and thrown in the Sindhu, present day’s river Indus. However, she was saved by a washer-man belonging to Bhanbhor, near Gharo district, Thatta . The washer-man raised her as his own daughter.
When Sassui became a young girl, she was as beautiful as the fairies of heaven. Stories of her beauty reached Punhun a prince from Kech Makran Balochistan and he became desperate to meet Sassi. The handsome young Prince therefore travelled to Bhambore. He sent his clothes to Sassi's father (a washerman) so that he could catch a glimpse of Sassi. When he visited the washerman's house, they fell in love at first sight. Sassui's father was dispirited, hoping that Sassi would marry a washerman and no one else. He asked Punnhun to prove that he was worthy of Sassui by passing the test as a washerman. Punnhun agreed to prove his love. While washing, he tore all the clothes as, being a prince, he had never washed any clothes; he thus failed the agreement. But before he returned those clothes, he hid gold coins in the pockets of all the clothes, hoping this would keep the villagers quiet. The trick worked, and Sassui's father agreed to the marriage.
At last Punnu (Punhoon) married her. However, his father, Ari, the King of Ketch, did not like his son getting married to a low-caste girl, so he instructed his other sons to go to Bhanbhor and bring back Punnu at any cost. They visited Punnu as his guests and during the night they intoxicated him and his wife. Later, they put their brother on one of the camels and left. When Sassi woke up in the morning, she was shocked to find Punnu missing and all his brothers gone. She understood their trickery. She left Bhambhor immediately to Kech Makran on foot in search of him. The Kech Makran is located along the Makran Coastal Highway in Baluchistan, Pakistan.
After crossing Pab Mountain, she reached the Harho range. She could not proceed further when her path was blocked by the Phor River. So she started retracing her steps. Soon she was accosted by a beastly goatherd who intended to molest her. Sassi prayed to God for protection. Immediately the ground below her feet started caving in like quicksand and she disappeared within seconds. Seeing the miracle, the goatherd repented sincerely, and to make amends for his misconduct, he made a grave in the site and became its custodian.
Punnu found no peace of mind at Kech. He languished and soon became an invalid. Under the circumstances, his father allowed him to return to Bhambhor.
During his return journey, Punnu happened to pass by the site where Sassi had met her death. When the goatherd came to know his story, he told him as to what had happened to Sassi. Punnu was beside himself on hearing the horrible news.
He prayed to God to unite him with Sassi. Again the ground became quicksand and he soon disappeared into the bowels of the earth. So came to an end the tragic love story of Sassi and Punnu. The legendary grave still exists in this valley.
The famous Sufi saint and poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai sings this historic tale in his sufi poetry “Shah jo Risalo” as an example of eternal love and union with Divine.
Sassi’s resting place is said to be about 45 miles away in the Pub range to the west of Karachi. A local man of some importance constructed a simple mausoleum in 1980 over the joint grave of Sassi and Punnu. It is often visited by tourists.
I took this picture while I was on a class trip to Bhitsha. The aura around there is really peaceful. Everything seemed like a perfect frame right in front of you to be captured.
Standing out side the shrine and ready to leave for another destination it is when my eyes fell upon this girl. I personally think it is my best candid shot yet.