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The Search for the Amiral Gueydon(1903)
It was reported in the Evening Express and Evening Mail on the 27th of August. 1903: “The Chargeurs Rennes Company has received from the captain of the steamer Amiral Fouchon, who was ordered to inspect the course taken by the same company’s missing steamer Admiral Gueydon, a telegram, dated from Perim, stating that as the result of the inquiries made on the spot at Perim, it appears that there has been a shipwreck at the end of the island of Socotra. It is not known whether the ill-fated vessel was the Amiral Gueydon, as ships passing that vicinity are numerous.”
Ship Name: Amiral Gueydon
Year Built: 1901
Tonnage: 5417
Ship Type: Steal Hulled Single Screw Steamer
Nationality: French
Year Wrecked: 1903
Reason For Wreck: Chemical Reaction in Cargo Caused Explosion and Fire
Location Wrecked: Ras Hasik, Oman
Lives Lost: 1
Sources:
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/80965884?searchTerm=amiral%20gueydon
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4137175/4137178/99/Amiral%20Gueydon
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/35569311?searchTerm=amiral%20gueydon
https://books.google.com/books?id=gnLiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA574&dq=shipwreck+Amiral+gueydon+1903&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwilsqGCg_KDAxWKCnkGHSYNCegQ6AF6BAgBEAI#v=onepage&q=shipwreck%20Amiral%20gueydon%201903&f=false
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19040204-1.2.97?qt=amiral,%20gueydon&q=amiral%20Gueydon%20
https://books.google.com/books?id=QNU_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA21&dq=shipwreck+Amiral+gueydon+1903&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwilsqGCg_KDAxWKCnkGHSYNCegQ6AF6BAgIEAI#v=onepage&q=shipwreck%20Amiral%20gueydon%201903&f=false
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4136430/4136434/131/Amiral%20Gueydon
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4137225/4137229/104/Amiral%20Gueydon
https://books.google.com/books?id=3BA6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA368&dq=chargeurs+reunis+amiral+gueydon&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7tfmGhfKDAxWWhIkEHSYuC08Q6AF6BAgKEAI#v=snippet&q=gueydon&f=false
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3346961/3346968/94/Amiral%20Gueydon
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/251118164?searchTerm=amiral%20gueydon
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174840777?searchTerm=shipwreck%20aden
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By Shipwreck ArchivesIt was reported in the Evening Express and Evening Mail on the 27th of August. 1903: “The Chargeurs Rennes Company has received from the captain of the steamer Amiral Fouchon, who was ordered to inspect the course taken by the same company’s missing steamer Admiral Gueydon, a telegram, dated from Perim, stating that as the result of the inquiries made on the spot at Perim, it appears that there has been a shipwreck at the end of the island of Socotra. It is not known whether the ill-fated vessel was the Amiral Gueydon, as ships passing that vicinity are numerous.”
Ship Name: Amiral Gueydon
Year Built: 1901
Tonnage: 5417
Ship Type: Steal Hulled Single Screw Steamer
Nationality: French
Year Wrecked: 1903
Reason For Wreck: Chemical Reaction in Cargo Caused Explosion and Fire
Location Wrecked: Ras Hasik, Oman
Lives Lost: 1
Sources:
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/80965884?searchTerm=amiral%20gueydon
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4137175/4137178/99/Amiral%20Gueydon
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/35569311?searchTerm=amiral%20gueydon
https://books.google.com/books?id=gnLiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA574&dq=shipwreck+Amiral+gueydon+1903&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwilsqGCg_KDAxWKCnkGHSYNCegQ6AF6BAgBEAI#v=onepage&q=shipwreck%20Amiral%20gueydon%201903&f=false
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19040204-1.2.97?qt=amiral,%20gueydon&q=amiral%20Gueydon%20
https://books.google.com/books?id=QNU_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA21&dq=shipwreck+Amiral+gueydon+1903&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwilsqGCg_KDAxWKCnkGHSYNCegQ6AF6BAgIEAI#v=onepage&q=shipwreck%20Amiral%20gueydon%201903&f=false
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4136430/4136434/131/Amiral%20Gueydon
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4137225/4137229/104/Amiral%20Gueydon
https://books.google.com/books?id=3BA6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA368&dq=chargeurs+reunis+amiral+gueydon&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7tfmGhfKDAxWWhIkEHSYuC08Q6AF6BAgKEAI#v=snippet&q=gueydon&f=false
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3346961/3346968/94/Amiral%20Gueydon
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/251118164?searchTerm=amiral%20gueydon
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174840777?searchTerm=shipwreck%20aden