Country France
Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use
the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.
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Aug. 11 1919 |
FS GUICHEN Protected Cruiser |
Picture Postcard
Guichen Protected Cruiser. History of the French protected cruiser Guichen. Built by Soc De la Loire and laid down October 1895 and launched in 1897. and completed for service in 1899. The Guichen had been primarily designed for commerce raiding and had been lightly armed compared to other ships of her size. Photographs will show Guichen with either two or three masts. She was built with two but a third was added for three to four years then removed again. At the outbreak of World War One she was serving with the Channel fleet in the Bay of Biscay and moved to Morocco. In September 1915 she took part in the Armenian rescue, and in 1917 she became a fast transport operating Taranto - Hea route. In 1919 she served in the Black Sea operations. and finally struck from service in 1922.
Displacement: 8151 tons. Speed:23.5 knots, Compliment: 604 crew. Armament: Two 6.4-inch Guns, Quick Firing M1893, Six 5.5 -inch Guns, Ten 3 pounders, Five 1 pounders and Two 18-inch Torpedo tubes AW. (These were later removed}
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1934-05-29 |
Collectors request |
Jeanne d'Arc was a training cruiser built for the Marine Nationale (French Navy) during the late 1920s. She was designed both as a school ship and a fully capable warship. She saw service through the Second World War, escaping to
Halifax after the fall of France and eventually joining the Free French forces before the end of the war. Post war, the cruiser resumed her duties as a training ship, being retired in 1964.
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1934-08-13 |
Collectors request |
Jeanne d'Arc was a training cruiser built for the Marine Nationale (French Navy) during the late 1920s. She was designed both as a school ship and a fully capable warship. She saw service through the Second World War, escaping to
Halifax after the fall of France and eventually joining the Free French forces before the end of the war. Post war, the cruiser resumed her duties as a training ship, being retired in 1964.
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1935-01-04 |
Port Visit |
Jeanne d'Arc was a training cruiser built for the Marine Nationale (French Navy) during the late 1920s. She was designed both as a school ship and a fully capable warship. She saw service through the Second World War, escaping to
Halifax after the fall of France and eventually joining the Free French forces before the end of the war. Post war, the cruiser resumed her duties as a training ship, being retired in 1964.
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1935-01-08 |
Port Visit |
Jeanne d'Arc was a training cruiser built for the Marine Nationale (French Navy) during the late 1920s. She was designed both as a school ship and a fully capable warship. She saw service through the Second World War, escaping to
Halifax after the fall of France and eventually joining the Free French forces before the end of the war. Post war, the cruiser resumed her duties as a training ship, being retired in 1964.
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1935-01-21 |
Farewell |
Cachetmakers Activity Log record. Cachet by Richard Dumonte
Jeanne d'Arc was a training cruiser built for the Marine Nationale (French Navy) during the late 1920s. She was designed both as a school ship and a fully capable warship. She saw service through the Second World War, escaping to
Halifax after the fall of France and eventually joining the Free French forces before the end of the war. Post war, the cruiser resumed her duties as a training ship, being retired in 1964.
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1935-05-29 |
Inaugural Trip |
First Trip to New York NY. During WWII, she was bought by the US and renamed "LAFAYETTE AP-53"
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1943-02-08 |
In Philadelphia for repairs, February - August 1943 |
Cachet by "FIRSTDAY COVERS".
Commissioned 15 November 1937 - Decommissioned 1 May 1957
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1957-03-17 |
Welcome to Norfolk, FS COLMAR M624 |
Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Former USN MSO-514
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1969-10-25 |
First Day Cover |
Redoutable S611 was Commissioned on 1 December 1971 and Decommissioned on 1 December 1991.
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1979-11-29 |
Polar Circle |
FS LOIRE A615 was Commissioned on Oct 17 1967 and Decommissioned on Oct 21 2009. She was a Rhin Class Special Purpose Tender.
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1961-10-28 |
Port Visit of FORBIN D635 |
Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
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1965-08-08 |
Port Visit of French Submarine DAPHNE S641. |
Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Contributed by Tom Kean.
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1965-08-08 |
Port Visit of French Submarine JUNON S648. |
Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Contributed by Tom Kean.
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2009-02-03 |
Exercise C2X |
BPC TONNERRE (THUNDER) was placed in service (Commissioned) on August 1 2007
Article on the Exercise courtesy of the Universal Ship Cancellation Society (USCS), LOG March 2009
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2009-04-09 |
GEAOM 2008/2009 |
FASW (Frigate Anti-Submarine Warfare) Georges Leygues D 640 was placed in service (Commissioned) on December 10 1979.
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