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Episode 122 - Inkerman and Cerisoles
Beyond the Breakers
English - November 26, 2023 10:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 77 ratingsHistory Society & Culture Documentary shipwrecks maritime history transportation shipping great lakes ocean accidents shipwreck disasters Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In the dying days of the Great War, the French navy commissioned 12 Navarin-class minesweepers, to be constructed in Canada under the direction of Wisconsin's Manitowoc Shipbuilding.
Three of these minesweepers - Inkerman, Cerisoles, and Sebastopol departed Fort William, Ontario on Novembers 23, 1918
Only one would be seen again.
Sources:
Stonehouse, Frederick. "Ils Sont Disparu! They Are Gone: The Baffling Fate of Inkerman & Cerisoles." Lake Superior Magazine, 12 Nov 2018. https://www.lakesuperior.com/the-lake/maritime/405-ils-sont-disparu/
"Two Trawlers Believed Lost on Great Lakes." Saskatoon Daily Star, 3 Dec 1918. https://www.newspapers.com/article/saskatoon-daily-star-two-trawlers-believ/127617031/
Wrecksite.eu - Cerisoles
Wrecksite.eu - Inkerman