French Navy, OISSEAU DES ISLES (Bird of the Islands)?
January 2nd, 2009 From
>Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 01:51:39 -0600
>From: Brooks A Rowlett
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>According to:
>
>http://www.windjammer.com/FC-page.htm
>
>Windjammer Cruise’s vessel FLYING CLOUD is described as:
>
> > Built in 1935 for the French Navy, OISSEAU DES
> > ISLES (Bird of the Islands) served as a cadet training
> > ship. During World War II, she posed as a decoy, spying
> > for the Allied Forces. After the war, a Mexican company
> > used her to transport cargo along the Baja coast. In 1968
> > she joined the Windjammer fleet.
>
>Moreover, this page
>
>http://www.fieldingtravel.com/cruises/ships/ship0127.htm
>
>says:
>
> > the Flying Cloud, a former French naval cadet training ship decorated by
> > General Charles de Gaulle for sinking two Japanese submarines > when she was carrying nitrates
> > from Tahiti;
>
>No Japanese submarines are listed as lost by such a vessel in WARSHIPS
>OF THE JAPANESE NAVY 1869-1945 by Jentschura, Jung & Mickel. I suppose
>it is barely possible some of the listed as missing; Japanese subs might
>be corresponding, but it seems highly unlikely. Claims of sinking
>submarines which were just driven off might be reasonable wartime
>exaggeration and wishful thinking, however. Can anyone provide real
>details of the WWII career of this vessel?
>
>
>Brooks A Rowlett
>brooksar@indy.net