List of ships named Flandre explained

A number of ships have been named Flandre or La Flandre. They include:

• , a cargo ship built in 1886 as Tijuca, renamed Valdivia in 1896, Tom G Corpi in 1908, and Flandre in 1909 and scrapped in 1927.^[1]
• , a Belgian State Railway paddle ferry, serving Dover-Ostend, sunk as a blockship in 1918.^[2]
• , an early oil tanker, sunk in 1916.^[3]
• , a cargo ship built as Saint Fergus, with French owners from 1908 as Flandre, and wrecked in 1920.^[4]
• , an ocean liner built in 1913 for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT) and sunk by a mine in 1940.
• , an ocean liner built in 1951 for CGT, renamed Carla C in 1968, Carla Costa in 1986 and Pallas Athena in 1992, and scrapped in 1994.

Naval ships

• , commissioned 1865
• , launched 1914, but scrapped incomplete

Notes and References

1. Book: Cooper . James . Kludas . Arnold . Pein . Joachim . The Hamburg South America Line . 1989 . The World Ship Society . Kendal . 0-905617-50-9 . 31.
2. Book: Hasenson . Alec . The History of Dover Harbour . 1980 . Aurum Special Editions . London . 0-906053-17X . 422.
3. Web site: La Flandre . Tyne Built Ships . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 11 August 2022.
4. Web site: Saint Fergus . Scottish Built Ships . Caledonian Maritime Research Trust . 12 August 2022.