French pass/cargo liner DJENNE, imo 5506757/ 136,9m/ 8.790gt/ 17kn/ 1.233 pax; 06/1931 completed by Forges et Chantiers de la Mediterranee, La Seyne, for Compagnie de Navigation Paquet, Marseilles; Outbreak of WW2 requisitioned by French government, who employed her as troop ship; 02/1943 seized by Germans after armistice; 10/11/1943 back to the French government; 26/08/1944 scuttled by the Germans and sank; 26/08/1946 raised; 07/08/1948, DJENNE, Compagnie de Navigation Paquet, Marseilles; 01/06/1952, collision off Gibraltar with Dutch freighter JAPARA due mist. Her bow damaged and while repairs her second funnel was removed; 09/1962 CESARÉE, Compagnie Française de Navigation, Marseilles, mgrs. Compagnie de Navigation Paquet, Marseilles; 1965 arrived Split for breaking up.
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