The name" LE CHATEAU MARGAUX" comes from the steamer launched in Bordeaux, France in 1884.
The steamer made the shipping line from Bordeaux – New York – Buenos Aires.
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Dieppe, France
The steamer Le Chateau Margaux exist again today.
« Les Corsaires d’Ango » discovered Le Chateau Margaux
Article here (in French) :
(Click Epave de A à Z, and Chateau Margaux)
http://www.grieme.org/pages/index2.html
Link for original article in French
http://www.infos-dieppoises.fr/Archives2006/DecouverteChateauMargaux.htm
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LE CHATEAU MARGAUX 1884 - 4,035 gross tons, length 386.5ft x beam 41ft, one funnel, three masts, iron hull, single screw, speed 12 knots. Accommodation for 50-1st and 1,200-3rd class passengers. Built 1884 by Chantiers & Ateliers de la Gironde, Bordeaux for the Bordeaux Line, she started her maiden voyage from Bordeaux on 26th Feb.1884 but her rudder was disabled and she arrived at Halifax under tow by the Anchor Line ship CALEDONIA and eventually reached New York on 27th May. Her last Bordeaux - New York voyage was made in July 1888 and she was then chartered to the French Line for their Bordeaux - Havana - Vera Cruz service. On 28th Apr.1889 she was sunk in the English Channel in collision with the British ship MANORA. [North Atlantic Seaway, vol.3 by N.R.P.Bonsor]
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