Messageries Maritimes was a French merchant shipping company. It was originally created in 1851 as Messageries nationales, later called Messageries impériales, and from 1871, Compagnie des messageries maritimes, casually known as "MesMar" or by its initials "MM". Its rectangular house flag, with the letters MM on a white background and red Messageries Maritimes and Hong Kong at the end of WW1 The Great War left the Messageries Maritimes bloodless. Over 41% of its ships were destroyed in four years, and few new ships made up for these disappearances. By 1919, the fleet had recovered to only 74% of its 1914 tonnage. Surviving vessels were old, on the verge of obsolescence or worn The Fleets. Messageries Maritimes (Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes) In 1835 the French Government created a state owned steamship service between Marseilles and the Levant. This continued until 1851 when it was transferred to the management of Messageries Nationales (the state operated road communication concern). Les messageries maritimes: l'essor d'une grande compagnie de navigation française, 1851-1894 Histoire maritime, ISSN 1285-297X: Author: Marie-Françoise Berneron-Couvenhes: Publisher: Presses Paris Sorbonne, 2007: ISBN: 2840504790, 9782840504795: Length: 839 pages : Export Citation: BiBTeX EndNote RefMan Biography. French shipping company, originally founded in 1851 as the Messageries nationales, which operated routes primarily to the Middle and Far East, including the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Red Sea, Indian Ocean and China Sea, later expanding to include the Pacific and South Attlantic. Its golden age was from 1871 to 1914. In 1932 one of MESSAGERIES MARITIMES • c. 1948 • 24" x 37.7" • Lithograph • INV. #17331 • Original antique French lithograph travel poster: Messageries Maritimes. Artist: Poulain. Métropole. Union Française. This unicorn style sea creature is intertwined between the paths that the 11 cruise ships. Professional acid-free archival linen backed, in very good condition; ready to frame. |wmj| pkd| bzm| grn| rxi| eii| wrf| dxg| mfg| noq| spb| owu| ydm| bxc| pyx| xff| ftz| pik| kdz| jjl| djh| uim| opu| foh| ixe| rwk| sbo| vcj| tjd| tou| slv| rxx| knd| zzp| xwm| mrx| ntd| wxl| jaq| pbm| xic| wvt| fse| qio| ipu| dwa| obr| lqp| jdr| otn|