Société Provençale d'Affrêtement et d'Armement (Shipping company, France)

Last modified: 2004-10-02 by ivan sache
Keywords: societe provencale d'affretement et d'armement | anchor: fouled (black) | ring (blue) | letters: spaa (white) |
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by Ivan Sache

• History of Société Provençale d'Affrêtement et d'Armement
• House flag of Société Provençale d'Affrêtement et d'Armement

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• House flags of shipping companies

History of Société Provençale d'Affrêtement et d'Armement

The company was founded in 1920 by L. Gouriou and J. Jousset. In 1920, they bought four trawler-patrol boats from the French Navy, SS Ibérique, Gaêlique, Corinthique and Celtique. The company had diverse activities, mostly fishing and coastal shipping lines.

In 1925, the company set up an alliance with the Corsican shipowners Maestracci and Carlini. Maestracci brought SS La-Corse, suitable for a scheduled line with Corsica. The ship and the company were sold off in 1929, but Carlini maintained the line with another ship also named La-Corse.

Source: Paul Bois. Armements marseillais - Compagnies de navigation et navires à vapeur (1831-1988), published by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Marseille-Provence [boi03].

Ivan Sache, 22 February 2004

House flag of Société Provençale d'Affrêtement et d'Armement

The house flag of Société Provençale d'Affrêtement et d'Armement is white with a black fouled anchor in canton and a light blue ring in lower fly. The white letters SPAA are placed on the ring at 9:00, 3:00, 0:00 and 6:00, respectively.

Source: Paul Bois. Armements marseillais - Compagnies de navigation et navires à vapeur (1831-1988), published by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Marseille-Provence [boi03].

Ivan Sache, 22 February 2004